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Wentworth, William, fl. 1859 Brown hung

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06354 Author/Creator: Wentworth, William, fl. 1859 Place Written: Illinois Type: Broadside Date: December 1859 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.7 x 26.7 cm. Order a Copy

Calling town meeting at Wentworth Hall on 9 December to discuss the hanging of John Brown. "All (not excluding the ladies) are invited to attend." William Wentworth was the chairman of the event.

Wentworth, William, fl. 1859
Brown, John, 1800-1859
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
John Brown
Death Penalty
Death
Abolition
Slavery
African American History
Women's History
Age of Jackson

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