No. 13 John Brown, after long meditation, planned to fortify himself somewhere in the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee and there make raids on the surrounding plantations, freeing slaves

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A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown" by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts Brown sitting at a table, a map and a lantern in front of him. On the proper left side of the table is a chair with a black book and red text block. Objects hang on the walls behind Brown. To the proper left, on the green wall, is a black cross. To the proper right, on the brown wall, a rifle and other weapons. On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#13 51/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].

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