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Title

  • U.S. Grant and the colored people. : His wise, just, practical, and effective friendship thoroughly vindicated by incontestable facts in his record from 1862 to 1872. : Words of truth and soberness! He who runs may read and understand!! Be not deceived, only truth can endure!!!

Summary

  • A brief address in the midst of the 1872 election campaign designed to document Ulysses S. Grant's support for African American liberation and civil rights. Douglass hoped thereby to rally the Black vote for Grant.

Names

  • Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
  • Union Republican Congressional Committee
  • African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C. : Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]

Headings

  • -  Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885
  • -  African Americans--Suffrage
  • -  African Americans--Civil rights
  • -  Freed persons--Suffrage
  • -  Republican Party (U.S. : 1854-)
  • -  Campaign literature,1872--Republican

Genre

  • Letters--Washington (D.C.)--18729

Notes

  • -  Letter addressed "To the colored people of the United States." Signed: Frederick Douglass. Washington, July 17, 1872.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee. Cf. List of documents published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee. Speech of the Postmaster General, at Jackson, Mich. ... Washington, D.C., 1872, p. [8].
  • -  Text printed in two columns.
  • -  Replace; LC copy E185.2.D73 replaced by preservation microfilm.

Medium

  • 8 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E185.2 .D73
  • Portfolio 347, no. 9 Transferred from the African American Pamphlet Collection. Formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17099. Upper half torn.
  • E185 .A254 container D, no. 80 Copy no. undetermined. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 18164.
  • E449 .D16 vol. 24, no. 7 Another copy. "Fred. Douglass; Wash. D.C., 1872" inscribed in pencil on p. [1]. LC copy imperfect: right hand margin of first three leaves torn away, with loss of text on p. [1]-2, 4.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12006966

Online Format

  • online text
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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Douglass, Frederick, Union Republican Congressional Committee, African American Pamphlet Collection, Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection, and Printed Ephemera Collection. U.S. Grant and the colored people.: His wise, just, practical, and effective friendship thoroughly vindicated by incontestable facts in his record fromto 1872.: Words of truth and soberness! He who runs may read and understand!! Be not deceived, only truth can endure!!!. [Washington, D.C.: Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/12006966/.

APA citation style:

Douglass, F., Union Republican Congressional Committee, African American Pamphlet Collection, Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection & Printed Ephemera Collection. (1872) U.S. Grant and the colored people.: His wise, just, practical, and effective friendship thoroughly vindicated by incontestable facts in his record fromto 1872.: Words of truth and soberness! He who runs may read and understand!! Be not deceived, only truth can endure!!!. [Washington, D.C.: Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/12006966/.

MLA citation style:

Douglass, Frederick, et al. U.S. Grant and the colored people.: His wise, just, practical, and effective friendship thoroughly vindicated by incontestable facts in his record fromto 1872.: Words of truth and soberness! He who runs may read and understand!! Be not deceived, only truth can endure!!!. [Washington, D.C.: Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/12006966/>.