John Brown portrait
Portrait of John Brown, an abolitionist who led a failed raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). He had hoped to seize munitions and weapons there to start and supply an uprising of enslaved people against their enslavers. He was captured, convicted of treason, and hanged for his actions.
Black & Batchelder, Copyright Claimant, Black, James Wallace, and Martin M Lawrence, photographer. John Brown. , ca. 1859. December 12. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633569/.
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