Was John Brown A Hero

Many people have no clue who John Brown was. John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed that slaves should be treated equally. John Brown was a white man who lived in the North and thought what was happening in the South would have to come to an end. Brown believed the only way to get rid of slavery in the South was violence. He brutally killed many slaveholders and their families in the South because they owned slaves. Although he did prove slavery was wrong, John Brown was no hero, he was a villain. How was John Brown a villian one may ask. John Brown was a villain because he ordered people to kill innocent people. In the article John Brown: Villain or Hero?, page one, it states “[John Brown] Dragged five unarmed men and boys from their homes along Kansas Pottawatomie Creek and hacked and dismembered their bodies.” This quote explains how John Brown took innocent children and family members and killed them violently. Even if these kids lived in the same house as their father and their father owned slaves they would be killed brutally by John’s men. It’s not their fault that

On page 4 of John Brown: Villain or Hero?, the article states that “Brown achieved a degree of intimacy with the African-Americans that was extraordinarily rare for his era.” This is great that he went upon the social norm and helped others to get freedom. Even though many see John Brown as a hero, it is clear that he was truly a villain. On page 5 of John Brown: America’s First Terrorist?, the article states that John Brown was a “lunatic and a threat to the Union.” Many people agree with this statement and he even was a sort of embarrassment for the union because he was a face of the Union. That made the whole union hate him and being a lunatic is not a very good