Was John Brown a Martyr or a Murder?

John Brown was remembered as a martyr in the North, but terrorist in the South. In the year of 1859 in Harpers Ferry, John Brown and other followers tried to to start a slave rebellion. Although he was fighting for the right thing, to end slavery, he did it in the wrong way. According to The Road to Disunion “Brown’s men cut telegraph wires and captured some 60 citizens of the town to hold them hostage.” He killed people, which led him to his death. I think he is a murderer not a martyr because he killed people instead of saving them. His plan was not strong enough and it didn’t do anything to change the way slavery was.