Was John Brown a Murderer or a Martyr?

Was John Brown a good or bad guy? It could really be argued either way, he had a good point but did not have to take it as far as he did. John Brown was a murder, a terrorist, he killed innocent people, and wanted a war just for his cause against slavery. John Brown led an attack on pro-slavery men in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas, murdering five men and boys. This lead to an uprising of a small war between pro-slavery and antislavery groups. The name Bleeding Kansas came after that attack. This is just one thing that John Brown could have taken a different approach to the situation. But that wasn’t enough, John Brown lead another rebellion by capturing 60 citizens of the town to hold them hostage. With all of his efforts to end slavery and get a point across, in the end nothing changed and nothing was influenced by his murder. John Brown was a murder not a martyr.