No. 5 John Brown, while tending his flock in Ohio, first communicated with his sons and daughters his plans of attacking slavery by force.

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A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown” by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts John Brown, dressed in black and his back to the viewer. He is talking to three of his children, who form a half circle near and around him. Brown’s daughter to the proper left of him is carrying a picnic basket and wearing grey, the son in the middle is wearing blue, and the son standing to the proper right of Brown is wearing red with a brown coat. A brown dog is near the proper left foot of the son wearing a red and a black dog is behind him. They all appear to be on green grass. On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#5 51/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].

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