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Book/Printed Material Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1883, on the twenty-first anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia.

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Title

  • Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1883, on the twenty-first anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia.

Summary

  • Douglass's evaluation of where African Americans stand in 1883. He leans towards optimism despite denial of justice and the ballot, lynchings, etc., and sees the African American's future in assimilation, not in colonization in Africa or in extinction through poverty.

Names

  • Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
  • First Congregational Church (Washington, D.C.)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1883.

Headings

  • -  United States.--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).--Emancipation Proclamation
  • -  African Americans--Social conditions

Genre

  • Addresses--Washington (D.C.)--1883

Notes

  • -  Cover title.
  • -  LC copy has inscription in ink on cover: By the Association.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 16 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. A, no. 4

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898291

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Douglass, Frederick, First Congregational Church, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., on the twenty-first anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia. [Washington, D.C.: s.n, 1883] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898291/.

APA citation style:

Douglass, F., First Congregational Church & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1883) Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., on the twenty-first anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia. [Washington, D.C.: s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898291/.

MLA citation style:

Douglass, Frederick, First Congregational Church, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., on the twenty-first anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia. [Washington, D.C.: s.n, 1883] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898291/>.