Prisoner Brown And His Boston Counsel, Mr. Hoyt

 
November 12, 1859, page 721

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Boston was often considered to be the capital of the abolition movement. The use of the city’s name as an adjective in the illustration caption was an attempt to link the broader antislavery movement with John Brown’s brand of violent abolitionism.

  

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