No. 18 July 3, 1859, John Brown stocked an old barn with guns and ammunitions. He was ready to strike his first blow at slavery.

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A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown” by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts a black room with several guns, ammunition, and other weapons in it. There is a grey ladder on the left side that extends to an open window at the top, peering into the light blue sky. On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#18 51/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].

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