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John Brown: Sinner or Saint?. What do the following images reveal about slavery?. John Brown. "Ghost of the Prarie". "Killer of Slavery". "Mad Man". "Murderer". "Martyr". "The Good Terrorist". "Savior". John Brown and the Pottawatomie Killings. Harper’s Ferry.
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John Brown "Ghost of the Prarie" "Killer of Slavery" "Mad Man" "Murderer" "Martyr" "The Good Terrorist" "Savior"
The victims of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry: Oliver Brown, Watson Brown, John Kagi, and A. D. Stevens
. . . I believe to have interfered as I have done, . . . in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it be deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit: so let it be done."