TRUE OR FALSE: John Brown first experience seeing slavery showed the violence and cruelty of slavery. FALSE TRUE

The statement is true. John Brown, an American abolitionist, first encountered the violence and cruelty of slavery when he was still a young man. His experiences in the South, where he witnessed the brutal treatment of enslaved people, deeply affected him and fueled his determination to fight against the institution of slavery. This led him to take radical actions, including the raid on Harpers Ferry, in an attempt to end slavery.