John Brown, Martyr or Murderer?

Martyr means someone who is killed because of what they believe in. I think that this is what John Brown was, a martyr. He died standing up for himself and what he thought was right, even though he knew he may give up his life for this. He wanted to risk his life for the lives of other slaves. When John Brown was sentenced to death, he wrote, “I, John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” John Brown believed that slavery needed to be finished, and he took matters into his own hands, with violence. John Brown was a martyr because he died standing up for what he believed in and thought was right.