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- GLC#
- GLC05508.051-View header record
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- December 1859
- Author/Creator
- Brown, John, 1800-1859
- Title
- Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to receive the sentence of death, for his heroic attempt at Harper's Ferry...
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 34.6 cm, Width: 27.3 cm
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- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson Slavery & Anti-slavery
Small broadside with lithograph signature of Brown produced by the Liberator, reprinting his address to the Virginia Court before sentencing. Brown denies wanting to murder or cause an uprising. He argues that his raid on Harper's Ferry was just and aligned with the teachings of the Bible.
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