Benjamin Freeland collection [manuscripts], 1854-1933.

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Benjamin Freeland collection [manuscripts], 1854-1933.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/671781649

Collection includes: Photocopy manuscript letter, with typed transcript, from Benjamin Freeland to his brother, February 3, 1854; Typescript document by Chester S. Freeland, 8 pp, June 13, 1933, about Benjamin Freeland's journey to the Oregon Country with some history about Frederick Douglass, with letter of transmittal.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7966478

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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...

Freeland, Benjamin

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Benjamin Freeland (1794-1880) settled on the Calapooya River in Linn, County, Oregon, during the fall of 1853. From the description of Benjamin Freeland collection [manuscripts], 1854-1933. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 671781649 From the guide to the Benjamin Freeland collection, 1854-1933, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Freeland, Chester S.

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