Was abolitionist John Brown a good guy or bad guy?
James T. Lyddy
Park City, Utah
Folks have asked that question for more than 150 years, and support can be found for either side. He fought for a good cause through not-necessarily-good methods. Brown believed in violent insurrection to end slavery. He fought in “Bleeding Kansas,” where he and his followers murdered five pro-slavery Southerners in what was called the Pottawatomie Massacre.
In 1859, Brown led a raid on the federal ar
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