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Brown, John, 1800-1859 [Photograph of John Brown's last written words]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04463.08.01 Author/Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859 Place Written: Charlestown, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: December 1859 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 8 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Albumen print of the last written words of John Brown. "I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty, land: will never be purged away, but with Blood. I had as I now think: vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed; it might be done."

Brown, John, 1800-1859
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
John Brown
African American History
Slavery
Abolition
Death
Death Penalty
Age of Jackson

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