- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Frederick Douglass in Anacostia, D.C. to J. P. Clarkson
- Date of Original:
- 1870/1900
- Subject:
- Letters
African Americans
Civil rights
Social reform movements
Political conventions - People:
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- 2 tifs. A letter from Frederick Douglass written in Cedar Hill, Anacostia D. C. to J. P. Clarkson. The letter is about Douglass` concerns related to a proposed colored conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Douglass was willing to address the convention, but wanted the committee to circulate the address for signatures by Professor Scarborough of Wilberforce University, whom he would also like to counsel with and pay for his time.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A15066
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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