How did John Brown's raid affect the slavery debate?

It inflamed the South like nothing could. The one thing white Souerners feared above all else was a massive slave revolt like the Haitian Revolution, and the Massacre of white French colonists that followed in 1804.https://en.m.wikipedia. read more

Brown's raid and his admitted intentions seemed to confirm all the fears Southerners had about abolitionists. That abolitionists, and the North in general were in league not only to destroy slavery, but help the slaves kill Southern whites. read more

Brown's raid made the debate more heated. Southerners were shocked and angered at northern support of Brown. read more