No. 6 John Brown formed an organization among the colored people of the Adirondack woods to resist the capture of any fugitive slave.

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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 standing on the right side of the print in front of a black ladder. He has a rifle in each hand and is handing the guns to three Black men standing in front of them. Two of the men, highlighted in pink, are holding a gun each. The third man, standing in front of Brown, is holding a gun belt with a gun with his proper right hand. The background is brown and tan. On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#6 51/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].

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