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"Effigies Burnt and Hung"
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"Effigies Burnt and Hung"

December 14, 1859 Antebellum (1820-1861)

A news item about the burning of John Brown in effigy at the College of New Jersey, printed in the Edgefield Advertiser.

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Format JPEG Newspaper Edgefield Advertiser Place of Publication Edgefield, SC
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