Papers of Frederick Douglass [manuscript] 1895-1898.

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Papers of Frederick Douglass [manuscript] 1895-1898.

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Collection 7181 includes a letter from Douglass to Samuel Joseph May, dated merely December 29, in which he acknowledges praise from May in the North Star; Douglass will visit Syracuse, N.Y., following the Massachusetts Antislavery Society meeting; Douglass mentions May was absent from the Society's annual meeting, mentions May's anticipated antislavery lectures in Rochester, and prospects of Douglass' paper, the North Star. Also includes a 1898 print of Douglass by E.A. Perry, which is a black and white copy of a photograph. Collection 7181-a includes a letter from Douglass to Mrs. Amey M. Hillyer, dated February 18, 1895, in which he acknowledges receipt of interest on a note, with an envelope, postmarked January 11, addressed to Mrs. Hillyer.

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May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871

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Samuel May was a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to anti-Slavery, temperance, and suffrage, among others. From the description of Samuel J. May diary, 1867. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64691611 Samuel May was a Unitarian Clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Freedman's Relief, Temperance, and Suffrage, among others. From the descripti...

Hillyer, Amey M.,

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Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

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Originally known as the New-England Anti-Slavery Society; name. From the description of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society records, 1850-1858. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58783364 ...

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...

Perry, Eugene A. (Eugene Ashton), 1864-1948

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