John Brown- Murderer or Martyr?

Was John Brown a good or bad guy? It depends on your point of view, he had a good reason to fight and die for. I think John Brown was a murderer because he led a slave revolt that did not work and killed innocent citizens. He believed that god told him that it was his job to end slavery. If he wanted to end slavery he shouldn’t have tried to end it with violence. There are many other ways to do it like giving a speech or something that’s calming and not violent. He killed innocent people, innocent kids, adults, elderly, people who believed in slavery. He wanted to start a war just on slavery because he believed that slavery should not exist in nor the South or the North.