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Portrait of Frederick Douglass, circa 1860
Unknown1855/1865
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and reform journalist, is shown in this portrait about the time that he advised President Lincoln regarding African Americans. Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery movement when he spontaneously stood up and spoke at an abolitionist meeting in 1841. His gut-wrenching tales about life on the plantation in Maryland turned thousands of skeptical Americans into active abolitionists.
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- Title: Portrait of Frederick Douglass, circa 1860
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 1855/1865
- Date Created: 1855/1865
- Subject Keywords: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, African American men, Abolitionists, Studio portraits, Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs), Card photographs (Photographs), Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=285687
- Object Name: Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
- Object ID: 96.68.1
- Image ID: THF210623
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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