Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits . such works: a por-trait of a man, a portrait of the abolitionist John Brown, anda landscape; additional portraits of John Brown are known,as are several portraits of Abraham Lincoln. Bowsers sub-ject here is the abolitionist Passmore Williamson, who,along with Lucretia Mott, William Still, and the artistscousins Charles and Joseph Bustill, was a leader of theUnderground Railroad in Pennsylvania. In 1855 JaneJohnson and her two children, slaves of John Wheeler ofSouth Carolina, were traveling from Pennsylvania to NewJersey when Williamson informed them of
Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits . such works: a por-trait of a man, a portrait of the abolitionist John Brown, anda landscape; additional portraits of John Brown are known,as are several portraits of Abraham Lincoln. Bowsers sub-ject here is the abolitionist Passmore Williamson, who,along with Lucretia Mott, William Still, and the artistscousins Charles and Joseph Bustill, was a leader of theUnderground Railroad in Pennsylvania. In 1855 JaneJohnson and her two children, slaves of John Wheeler ofSouth Carolina, were traveling from Pennsylvania to NewJersey when Williamson informed them of a Pennsylvanialaw that prohibited the transportation of slaves through thestate by their owners. Johnson refused to return to Wheeler,and Williamson was jailed under the Fugitive Slave the hundred days of his imprisonment, he receivedvisits from more than five hundred supporters. ,\i,:i. iu J/F .ill J;mj JUD17! i:: \-i,]X]/Y»i 2HB VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATI TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE.
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