John Brown at age fifty copy of original daguerreotype ca. 1848/50 taken in Troy, New York photographer possibly Samuel Lear Walker Sixth plate daguerreotype by M. M. Lawrence Studio in New York, Edwin Church (partner of S.L. Walker) Anonymous owner. Digital reproduction Collection of Jean Libby, Allies for Freedom |
Tossed in a bureau drawer, a-moldering twixt the Good Lord bird and firebell in the night Mirrored silver put to right. Gilt and leather measure the palm Yardstick law would find guilty as charged To hang by the neck until this guilty land Under God Should be forever free. Jean Libby, Allies for Freedom, April 17, 2014 |