Martyr vs. Murderer, The True Story Behind John Brown's Attacks

John Brown is considered a martyr in the north and a murderer in the south, but I consider John Brown as a martyr. The reason that I consider John Brown to be a martyr is because he was killed because of his beliefs and religion and that is the definition of a martyr. John Brown is also a martyr because he had so much passion about abolishing slavery that he was willing to risk his sons’ lives and he was willing to die for his cause. He may have killed people, but he only killed them to support his beliefs. Also, John Brown considered himself God's chosen person to completely abolish slavery. Also, he put so much heart and hard work into making a plan to steal guns from a armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He even held 60 citizens hostage just to support his cause. My final piece of evidence, that supports my opinion, is that John Brown wrote a famous quote right before he was executed. He said, “I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” He is saying that the only way slavery will ever be abolished is to start a war that supports both the north’s opinion and the south’s opinion. This war would become the Civil War. This evidence proves that John Brown was just an extreme abolitionist who that it was his duty to eliminate slavery. John Brown only killed because of his beliefs.