No. 22 John Brown was found “Guilty of treason and murder in the 1st degree” and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859.

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A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown” by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts John Brown at the center hanging by a black noose around his neck. He is dressed in black. The background is blue with a white cloud. On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#22 51/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].

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