Portrait of Frederick Douglass, circa 1860
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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.
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.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
circa 1860
Subject Date
circa 1860
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
96.68.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Mounting board
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Beige (Color)
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 3.938 in
Width: 2.438 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on bottom edge: Fred Douglas
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