Themes in American History

While exploring the Lost Museum, the first thing we visited is the office of PT Barnum, who’s entitled the Proprietor and General Manager of the Lost Museum. Then, we moved on to the second floor, where we would see so many pictures regarded to the slavery history of US, Mexican-American War and the Civil War. One of the images that caught my attention is “John Brown on His Way to the Execution”.  John Brown played a major role in the start of Civil War, who was a revolutionary abolitionist. The picture showed that John Brown was surrounded by a number of soldiers, a baby held by an African-American woman stand in front of him. The archive states that John Brown pausing on the steps of the jail, and leaning down to kiss the baby holds by the African-American woman. The image fully represents John Brown’s faith of abolishing slavery in the US.

Tags: John Brown, lost museum, slavery history

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