John Brown was found "guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, on December 2, 1859, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"

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Image Not Available for John Brown was found "guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, on December 2, 1859, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
John Brown was found "guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, on December 2, 1859, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Image Not Available for John Brown was found "guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, on December 2, 1859, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"

John Brown was found "guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, on December 2, 1859, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"

Maker (b. 1917, Atlantic City, New Jersey – d. 2000, Seattle, Washington)
Printer (New Haven, Connecticut)
Publisher (Detroit, Michigan)
Date1977
MediumScreen print
Dimensionssheet: 26 in. x 20 in. (66 cm x 50.8 cm); image: 14 in. x 20 in. (35.6 cm x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineMuseum purchase, The Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection Acquisition Fund
Object number2015.62.22
Status
Not on view
Image Not Available for After John Brown's capture, he was put on trial for his life in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
After John Brown's capture, he was put on trial for his life in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for July 3, 1859 John Brown stocked an old barn with guns and ammunition. He was ready to strike his first blow at slavery, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
July 3, 1859 John Brown stocked an old barn with guns and ammunition. He was ready to strike his first blow at slavery, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for John Brown's first thought of the place where he would make his attack came to him while surveying land for Oberlin College in West Virginia, 1840, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
John Brown's first thought of the place where he would make his attack came to him while surveying land for Oberlin College in West Virginia, 1840, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for In spite of a price on his head, John Brown in 1859 liberated twelve negroes from a Missouri plantation, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
In spite of a price on his head, John Brown in 1859 liberated twelve negroes from a Missouri plantation, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for Sunday, October 16, 1859. John Brown with a company of 21 men, white and black, marched on Harper's Ferry, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
Sunday, October 16, 1859. John Brown with a company of 21 men, white and black, marched on Harper's Ferry, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for John Brown, after long meditation, planned to fortify himself somewhere in the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee and there make raids on surrounding plantations, freeing slaves, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
John Brown, after long meditation, planned to fortify himself somewhere in the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee and there make raids on surrounding plantations, freeing slaves, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for To the people he found worthy of trust, he communicated his plans, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
To the people he found worthy of trust, he communicated his plans, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for John Brown, while tending his flock in Ohio, first communicated with his sons and daughters his plans of attacking slavery by force, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
John Brown, while tending his flock in Ohio, first communicated with his sons and daughters his plans of attacking slavery by force, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for John Brown collected money from sympathizers and friends to carry out his plans, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
John Brown collected money from sympathizers and friends to carry out his plans, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for John Brown, a man who had a fanatical belief that he was chosen by God to overthrow black slavery in America, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
John Brown, a man who had a fanatical belief that he was chosen by God to overthrow black slavery in America, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for For forty years John brown reflected on the hopeless and miserable condition of the slaves, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
For forty years John brown reflected on the hopeless and miserable condition of the slaves, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for For twelves years John Brown engaged in land speculations and wool merchandising. All this to make some money for his greater work which was the abolishment of slavery., from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
For twelves years John Brown engaged in land speculations and wool merchandising. All this to make some money for his greater work which was the abolishment of slavery., from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977