Artwork Courtesy of Francine Seders Gallery
Lawrence, J. No. 6 in The Legend of John Brown series. 1977. Washington State Arts Commission. Screen print, 25 7/8 x 20 inches.
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The Archives Research Center announces the opening of “Captain John Brown: An Abolitionist and a Martyr,” an exhibit chronicling the adult life of John Brown through his correspondence and publications about him. The letters tell of Brown’s family life, business ventures, as well as his work as an abolitionist. Included is a letter regarding the needs of abolitionist soldiers fighting the guerilla war in Bleeding Kansas written in 1857. Another written in 1859 by John Brown relays his feelings regarding his execution after his failed raid in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Among the publications displayed in the exhibit will be a copy of John Brown’s funeral discourse, a narrative of events at Harper’s Ferry, W.E.B. Dubois’s biography of John Brown written for American Crisis Biographies, and an anthology about Brown containing essays written by contemporaries such as Fredrick Douglass and George Washington Williams.
Artwork Courtesy of Francine Seders Gallery
Lawrence, J. No. 15 in The Legend of John Brown series. 1977. Washington State Arts Commission. Screen print, 25 7/8 x 20 inches.