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Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol XXVII, No. 1405, November 14,1883. Creator: Unknown.

The front page of Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization, Vol. XXVII, No. 1405 with a full-page portrait of African-American diplomat, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) who escaped from slavery in Maryland aged 21. He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement. Famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings, he was described by abolitionists as a living counterexample to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Typed below the image is "FREDERICK DOUGLASS - [See Page 743].".

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Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol XXVII, No. 1405, November 14,1883. Creator: Unknown.

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The front page of Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization, Vol. XXVII, No. 1405 with a full-page portrait of African-American diplomat, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) who escaped from slavery in Maryland aged 21. He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement. Famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings, he was described by abolitionists as a living counterexample to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Typed below the image is "FREDERICK DOUGLASS - [See Page 743]."

Personalities:

FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1818-20/2/1895) • HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

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57.1 x 82.1 cm | 22.5 x 32.3 in (300 dpi)

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