To John Brown
Publisher: publisher not identified
Published: 1859
Place of publication: United States
Language: eng
Subjects: Poetry; Slavery; Controversial literature; Antislavery movements; Executions and executioners
Other titles: Intrepid advocate of right.; To Virginia.
Notes: Caption title.

Poem in five numbered stanzas denouncing the execution of John Brown on Dec. 2, 1859.

At head of title, above woodcut of an execution: "The Lord shall have them in derision." Read 2d Psalm.

Followed by "To Virginia," an acrostic in eight lines (first line: Vaunt now as thou wilt of thy prowess and fame), and "The Bible."

Printed area, including mourning border, measures 39.8 x 13.7 cm.

From the library of Samuel Abbott Green.