Questions About John Brown

[Gene C]

One of the big complaints about Lincoln was that he moved to slow. He waited for the south to fire upon Ft Sumter, many people felt he was slow in replacing McClellan, slow to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. On the issue of reconstruction, his actions were probably also going to be considered slow and reactive instead of proactive.
He understood people, and knew this was going to be a long slow process.

Nothing has changed much in 150 years. You can only do so much for people. Sooner or later they have to decide to do something for themselves. Sometimes, that decision has to be forced upon them.
Just my opinion.