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The life and times of Frederick Douglass, written by himself. : His early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history fot the present time : including his connection with the anti-slavery movements; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experience in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the underground railroad; his relation with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid; his recruiting in the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiment ; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson ; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission ; also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R.B. Hayes; also his appointment to be recorder of deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life

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Compare, Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906, 3230.Frontispiece is portrait of Frederick Douglass engraved by Augustus Robin, N.Y."Copyright by Park Publishing Co., 1881."--Verso of title page.Contemporary publishers' binding; brown diagonal rib grain cloth; pictorial; covers blocked blind; spine lettered in gold.Bookplate on front free endpaper: Edward W. Kinsley.ACQ: 34313; R. & A. Petrilla; 10/3/1996.
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Kinsley, Edward W. (Edward Wilkinson), 1829-1891, former ownerRobin, Augustus, engraverRuffin, George L. (George Lewis), 1834-1886Park Publishing Company, publisher
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. African American Abolitionists
  3. African Americans
  4. Antislavery Literature
  5. Antislavery Movements
  6. Autobiographies
  7. Biography
  8. Bookplates (Provenance)
  9. Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895
  10. Engravings
  11. Fugitive Slaves
  12. History
  13. Maryland
  14. Pictorial Cloth Bindings (Binding)
  15. Plantation Life
  16. Publishers' Cloth Bindings (Binding)
  17. Slave Narratives
  18. Slaver
  19. Slavery
  20. Slaves
  21. Social Conditions
  22. United States

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