Frederick Douglass: “It is the first time that, in this form and manner, we have sought to…”

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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