On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It is the first time that, in this form and manner, we have sought to do honor to an American great man, however deserving and illustrious.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass highlights the unprecedented nature of their community's public effort to honor a distinguished American figure.
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