Opinion of John Brown

[Karpatsky]

I did not spend much time in the American school system, and was surprised to learn that John Brown is taught in many places as a controversial or even negative figure. What do you all think of him? Personally, I'd say he is a paragon of principle and morality, and should be remembered as an example of righteous people far ahead of their time fighting for justice regardless.

[Karpatsky]

Option 3, obviously.

The implication is if you take the non-standard option, you should explain.

HP. Abolitionism is a good cause but murdering people isn't.

The questions you need to ask, is killing defenders of slavery worse than slavery itself, and was it possible or likely to abolish slavery without violence? I contend the answers are no and no.