Was this Extreme Abolitionist, By The Name of John Brown, a Martyr or a Murderer?

John Brown is a true martyr to the North and a dangerous murderer to the South. To me, John Brown is a martyr because I don’t believe in slavery and if I was living in 1859, I would be a free soiler. Even though John Brown heard voices in his head and was a crazy psycho, he was taking action to stand up for what he believed in. John Brown was an extreme abolitionist who went into the south, Harpers Ferry, Virginia at midnight  with his 5 sons hoping to start and lead a slave rebellion. It was a suicide mission. The slaves didn’t join in and the locals attacked and trapped Brown. After John Brown and his 5 sons have been killed, John said, “I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” This quote means that slavery won’t just vanish, but there will be a war between the states to decide whether Kansas and Nebraska will become a slave state or a free state. This was true and the war over slavery has just begun. To me, John Brown is a martyr. What is he to you? A murderer or a martyr?