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The Execution

Detail of John Brown, Print
Library of Congress, c1897 Jun. 9.
(LC-USZ62-5540 )
"The execution of John Brown, in a stubble field near Charlestown, Va."
1859
Historic Photo Collection, Harpers Ferry National Historic Park.

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