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Hace 1 día · The movement to abolish slavery in the mid-1800s provided a way for disenfranchised black men and women, such as the eloquent Frederick Douglass and Maria Stewart, as well as white women, to speak and organize publically.
Hace 4 días · Frederick Douglass. During the last three decades of legal slavery in America, from the early 1830s to the end of the Civil War in 1865, African American writers perfected one of the nation’s first truly indigenous genres of written literature: the North American slave narrative.
Hace 4 días · Still, in 1864, Frederick Douglass voted for Civil War General John C. Fremont, who was nominated by the Republicans. While Fremont and many prominent abolitionists were highly and rightfully critical of Abraham Lincoln and his failure to fully embrace the aims of the anti-slavery abolitionists, Fremont eventually had to drop out of the race for the Republican Party’s nomination for president.
Hace 3 días · The Nathan and Polly Johnson home – run by the New Bedford Historical Society – is the first home where Frederick Douglass lived as a free man. The historical society offers tours of the home....
Hace 4 horas · Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, originally Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and School for Nurses, opened in 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 1512 Lombard Street with had 15 beds. It was the city's first hospital for African Americans and the second hospital in the United States for African Americans. In 1897, it graduated its first two nurses.
Hace 2 días · July 24th, 2024. Very low, one-way fares from ROC start at $62. View Full Press Release (PDF) As part of the largest expansion in company history, Avelo Airlines continues its growth in Rochester today with the airline’s announcement of new exclusive nonstop service this fall between Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) and Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (USA ...
Hace 7 horas · ALBANY - Albany State University Athletics proudly announces that the Golden Rams football team will participate in the Inaugural Frederick Douglass HBCU Football Classic. The game will take place ...
