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On Frederick Douglass's "Colored Men's Rights" speech...
On Frederick Douglass's "Colored Men's Rights" speech...
Item # 719130
May 15, 1857
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, May 15, 1857 Page 6 has over a column taken up with a report headed: "American Abolition Society", the latter portion of which has a report of Frederick Douglass taking the podium. This report concerns his Dred Scott speech of the day prior, and was formally called "Colored Men's Rights in This Republic". Portions are alluded to in his talk, as the famous speech was quite lengthy.
Some bits include: "Frederick Douglass then came forward and was perceived with loud and continued applause...He was for the abolition of slavery--whether with or without the Constitution...He was aware that the cause was beset with dangers & difficulties on every hand. The slave power was never perhaps better organized or more determined than at the present time...Every time that white men looked at colored men, they could not regard them as chattels. The Supreme Court of the United States was great, but the Supreme Court of God Almighty was greater...He hoped the time would come when the colored man should be proud of his color and his form..." and much more.
Eight pages, transparent rice paper is around the perimeter of 4 of the pages overlapping some text (but still readable), minor binding indents at the blank spine, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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