ALS, 1883 August 11 : Bar Harbor, [Maine], to George L. Clark.

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ALS, 1883 August 11 : Bar Harbor, [Maine], to George L. Clark.

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Douglass recalls an early associate in the anti-slavery movement, Henry Clapp. Douglass writes: "Mr. Clapp ... was well known to me in Lynn, Mass., where he edited the Lynn Pioneer. He was a witty and pungent writer and speaker and for a time did good service to the antislavery cause. He was very much devoted to our old friend Nathaniel P. Rogers, and took sides with him in his bitter controversy with the Boston Board and Mr. Garrison."

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