No. 21 After John Brown’s capture, he was put to trial for his life in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia).

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A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown” by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts John Brown’s proper left side profile, from his waist and up. Brown is dressed in black with his head down and hands clasped in front of him, holding a red cross in between them. On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#21 51/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].

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