Frederick Douglass
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Opinion
‘What to the slave is the Fourth of July?’
The distance between this platform and the slave plantation from which I escaped, is considerable — and the difficulties to…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
September 6, 1866 Abolitionist and newspaper publisher Frederick Douglass becomes the first black person invited to serve as a delegate…
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Douglass’ Question Still Hasn’t Been Answered
On July 5, 1852, the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Association expected a mild, polite discussion, and praise of the virtues of…
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