John Brown, after long meditation, planned to fortify himself somewhere in the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee and there make raids on surrounding plantations, freeing slaves.

Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters, John Brown, after long meditation, planned to fortify himself somewhere in the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee and there make raids on surrounding plantations, freeing slaves.

Jacob Lawrence, artist

1917–2000

Ives-Sillman, Inc., designer

1958–1978

Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts, publisher

founded 1919

Sirocco Screenprinters, printer

founded 1950

John Brown, after long meditation, planned to fortify himself somewhere in the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee and there make raids on surrounding plantations, freeing slaves., 1974–1977

Where object was made: New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Material/technique: screen print; Domestic Etching paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 355 x 509 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 0.9764 x 20 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 510 x 657 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 1/16 x 25 7/8 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 24 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 1 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Gift of Jeff and Mary Weinberg

Accession number: 2020.0068.14

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Jacob Lawrence and The Legend of John Brown

On June 2, 1856, Brown’s men defeated a larger battalion of pro-slavery Missouri forces at the Battle of Black Jack, a site south of Lawrence near Baldwin City, Kansas. Brown continued efforts to liberate enslaved people and raise funds for an abolitionist army.