John Brown Meeting the Slave Mother and her Child on the steps of Charlestown jail on his way to execution
Entry/Object ID
2370
Description
A print produced by Currier and Ives featuring John Brown walking past a "slave-mother and child" on his way to execution. Above his head flies the flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with the motto "Sic Semper Tyrannis." In the lower lefthand corner is blind justice, a statue whose arms are broken.
