To the Abolitionists, he as a Hero and Martyr. To the Southern slave owners, he was a Terrorist (to use an anachronistic contemporary term).
No. He was a martyr
a complete and total MADMAN! well, he was a martyr to himself but in my eyes a madman!
Many northerners saw John Brown as an abolitionist martyr, dying in a righteous cause. Most southerners saw him as a terrorist, using violent means to further his extreme agenda. The South geared up its militia training, as a result.
Many northerners saw John Brown as an abolitionist martyr, dying in a righteous cause. Most southerners saw him as a terrorist, using violent means to further his extreme agenda. The South geared up its militia training, as a result.
John Brown
John Brown
Abolitionists were split on John Brown. Some thought he was a martyr for the cause, while others viewed him as a common murderer.
John Brown
John Brown was considered an abolitionist hero of the first magnitude and a treasonous rebel by the federal govt.
John Martyr was born on 1932-05-25.
John Felton - martyr - died in 1570.