Letters, 1855-1857.

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Letters, 1855-1857.

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Group of letters written at Rochester, New York to Hannah Fuller of Skaneatles, New York concerning issues related to the abolitionist or anti-slavery movement. Hannah Fuller was an organizer in the Skaneatles Ladies Anti-Slavery Society. The letters of October 5, 1855 and September 9, 1856, Douglass wrote about his travels to various places he was giving talks. In the four letters of 1857, Douglass details his efforts and difficulties encountered in arranging a speaking engagement in Rochester for fellow escaped slave and anti-slavery activist, William Wells Brown. These letters also indicate that Douglass was an ardent proponent of women's rights and stressed the contributions women made to the anti-slavery movement.

6 items (7 p. in case ) ; 28 cm.

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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...

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

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English immigrant to Washtenaw County, Michigan, in 1837. From the description of William P. Brown papers, 1852-1914. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420532 ...