John Brown (1800-1859), American abolitionist who advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States, from an 1846 or 1847 daguerreotype by African-American photographer Augustus Washington which was later reprinted as a cabinet card by Levin C. Handy.

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Size: 1950px × 2697px
Location: Washington, , USA.
Photo credit: © Alpha Historica / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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