John Brown 'Hero In Taking Sides'

John Brown is perhaps one of the most controversial people in American history. Born and raised in a family of devout Calvinists who hated slavery, he befriended many Native Americans and even a slave boy. Brown witnessed his slave friend receive many beatings and saw as the boy was made to sleep in the cold in only rags and this was what he later described as having transformed him into an Abolitionist. While Browns acts to put an end to slavery were extreme, to call him an international terrorists would undermine the effect he had on the movement as a whole. John Brown was fighting an even more extreme injustice with his actions and that in itself deserves some credit. However, as to not romanticize the way he killed for his movement, Brown would also not be considered a hero. He is, however, a religious and political warrior in the rawest form. In Taking Sides, "Was
Brown saw his actions and his quest as a mission from god to cleanse the country of the sin of slavery. He accuses anyone who supports slavery as having done a great wrong against God and humanity and sees his actions as necessary in a country tainted with this evil. Even when asked what he would do if he had every slave in the country Brown simply answers by saying that he would set them free. His activism, while a sort of extreme, one has one goal and that is to end slavery in America. Anyone who gets in the way of his goal, he sees as an enemy and a supporter of slavery and thus has no mercy on. All in all, though John Brown committed many crimes against people he should not be considered an international terrorist. The crimes committed were against people who supported slavery or owned slaves themselves and that in itself is the greater evil between the two. John brown was a religious and political warrior, and though he didn’t necessarily spark the movement or bring an end to slavery he contributed to the