John Brown: Freedom Fighter Or Terrorist?

Of the people who know about John Brown, some will debate over the fact that he was a freedom fighter or a terrorist. Some will say he is a terrorist because he killed so many people. Then there is the people who say he is a freedom fighter who vowed his life to end slavery even if it cost him his life. First let’s talk about how he is a freedom fighter. When John went into Harpers Ferry he could of just blew up the armory, destroying the town and killing many like a terrorist would have since their main motive is to cause fear to the people around them. But instead he went and hid inside of it. Also when Brown captured people he did not kill them, he actually went out of the way to make sure they were safe from harm’s way. This behavior that Brown displayed claims that he wasn’t a terrorist since he would of killed his
He was not scared to die. As well he was very religious and slavery was against his religion. So when he did the acts he did. He was simply following his religion as many would have done at his time. Now some people will highly disagree with the statement that John Brown was a freedom fighter and they will say that he is a terrorist. The reason why some people think that he is a terrorist is because he ordered his people to kill others. Then there’s the fact that his sons and Brown dragged people from their houses and killed them violently with broadswords. This would say that he is a terrorist because he killed people. They may also say that he was a terrorist because he killed them for a reason. He killed them because he was trying to take steps in order to end slavery. In my opinion this statement of him being a terrorist is false. He killed people because in his religion people were not allowed to own people so he was just following his faith by killing those who owned