2010.54.13572

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John Brown
23 in HIGH x 17.5 in WIDE
(58.42 cm HIGH x 44.45 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.13572

There is an unreadable word printed in black at the bottom of the illustration. "Movement Press - - - 330 Grove Street, San Francisco, California 94102" is in the bottom center of the page.





This poster contains a black and white illustration of a man''s face with a long beard. There is an irregular, red background behind him and red text above reads "''I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.'' / --Written on / the day of / his execution".

John Brown led a 1859 anti-slavery raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. [LMC]

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