John Brown killed half of an innocent family who did not own slaves because they were pro-slavery. John Brown was an abolitionist who killed many people. John Brown also committed treason. This topic is important because John Brown started the civil war, so it is important to know about him if he was a hero or villain. John Brown was a villain because he killed innocent people, he committed treason, and he was very untrustworthy. John Brown killed many innocent people who did not own slaves. According to document E, on November 20th, 1859, Mahala Doyle expressed her anger towards John Brown. John Brown deliberately shot two of her sons and her husband because they were pro-slavery, even though they did not own slaves and weren’t ever going to own them. This shows that John Brown is a villain because he killed almost a whole family that did not own slaves, all because they were pro-slavery. Secondly, John Brown was a villain because he committed treason multiple times. In document C, it states that “Brown and his followers stormed Harpers Ferry but were eventually captured and he was later hanged for treason.” (Document C). He was hanged for treason for betraying his rights. This document represents the bad things that John Brown did. Like committing treason and betraying his rights. …show more content…
In document F, John Brown says, “I have, it may please the Court, a few words to say. In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted.”. He also said in document G that his statements clashed and that he did not intend for there to be any killing, but just to place the slaves in a condition to defend their liberties. This example shows that John Brown was untrustworthy and went against his word by denying all of his actions and even admitting to his statements not matching up at all. He also said that he did not intend for there to be any killing. However, there was a lot of killing that was not