Who Was John Brown Terrorist

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In my own opinion I do not believe John Brown is terrorist. But it also depends on where you lived at the time. If you were from the South than you most likely see him as terrorist. But if your north than you see him as a freedom fighter.

Growing up John Brown had a rough child hood. When he was just 8 his mom passed away. And that was very hard on him. When he was 12 he was walking down a road and had to watch a slave be beat, this led him to start a "eternal war with slavery". And that was when it all started.

John Brown was a very caring person to animals and humans. He was a very religious man he grew up and memorized every verse of the bible. He grew up to be a nice, mature, motivated, and caring person. He was just an overall amazing person.

But one day he started to believe that he
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John brown did a very brutal raid where he tore off other men's body parts. There was one time where john brown was so behind on taxes that an officer had to be sent up to his house. What john brown did was he cut out 2 different windows. There was one for John Brown and 1 for his son. And they killed some officers but then he had to give up.

There is one historical event that john brown planned that makes every one wonder is he a freedom fighter or terrorist. This one event was the raid of harpers ferry on October 16, 1859. And it lasted for two days. John Brown had organized this raid to have 21 slaves in it. It lasted for two days. The crazy part is that john browns first kill was a free slave.

John brown eventually got caught, and he got beat very bad during this time. John brown had to go to court. And it was than he had got charged murder, treason, and starting a slave rebellion. The judge ordered him to death by hanging john brown. John browns famous last words were "I, john brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with

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