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Why Is John Brown Justified
John Brown had no reason to break the laws of the United States. Not only did he murder people but he attacked a federal facility. Which was completely useless because it didn’t help abolitionists at all. It made it worse because he gave abolitionist a bad name. John brown is a terrorist who had no need to murder people or attack a federal facility.

John Brown killed 15 people at Harpers Ferry which cannot be justified because most of the people were civilians. John Brown also killed people at Pottawattamie creek which can be justified because they were proslavery people that terrorized towns that wanted slavery to be abolished. That still could be considered terrorism because he brutally killed the people instead of a quick

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