The Person Between Martyr, and Murderer. John Brown

John Brown. Known as a martyr in the North, and a murderer in the South. So which one is he? In my opinion I think John Brown is a murderer. I think this, because even though his beliefs were to get rid of slavery, he decided to kill everybody in a southern territory, and take it over. I believe that killing for a political reason, like slavery, is wrong because it could be handled differently. Killing people is never the only way to solve a conflict between two sides. Personally I would give a speech in the south to convince southerners to get rid of slavery, instead of killing. Since he never solved the problem of slavery it was pointless. All he did was start a bloody war between the North and South.