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Ambrotype of Frederick Douglass
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- 1855-1865
- Medium
- collodion and silver on glass photographic plates with leather and velvet
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (12.1 x 9.8 cm)
- Case open: 4 3/4 x 7 11/16 x 1/2 in. (12.1 x 19.5 x 1.3 cm)
- Case closed: 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (12.1 x 9.8 x 1.9 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Frederick Douglass wearing a jacket, waistcoat, and bowtie. The wet plate ambrotype plates are housed in a folding leather case with tooled gilt oval mat and red velvet lining.
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- ambrotypes
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.36.10ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Drawing of Frederick Douglass
- Created by
- Nock, George, American, born 1946
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- after 1946
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (29.2 x 44.5 cm)
- Description
- An ink drawing of Frederick Douglass. Douglass is wearing a jacket and bowtie. He has a beard and his hair is combed back in the portrait.
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud
- Object number
- 2013.239.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © George Nock. Permission required for use.
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Frederick Douglass' Paper
- Published by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- July 28, 1854
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (open): 26 1/2 × 38 in. (67.3 × 96.5 cm)
- H x W (closed): 26 1/2 × 19 1/8 in. (67.3 × 48.5 cm)
- Description
- The July 28, 1854 issue of Frederick Douglass' Paper, a Rochester-based weekly newspaper published and edited by Frederick Douglass that centered on antislavery efforts and other social reform causes. The title [Frederick Douglass' Paper] is printed in large text across the top, just underneath the title are the issue details printed between two horizontal black lines: [Vol. VII, No. 32, ROCHESTER, N.Y. FRIDAY JULY 28, 1854., Whole Number 344]. The text of the paper is densely concentrated in seven vertical columns and there is both a vertical and horizontal crease through the center. An inscription of the name [Stephen Reeves] is written in black ink at the top right corner of the front page. The last page contains a large advertisement: "Call for a National Emigration Convention of Colored Men to be held in Cleveland Ohio" and is signed in print by Martin R. Delany.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Education
- Fugitive enslaved
- International affairs
- Mass media
- Self-liberation
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Frederick Douglass
- Created by
- Battey, C. M., American, 1873 - 1927
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 × 7 1/8 in. (22.9 × 18.1 cm)
- H x W x D (Sheet size): 12 1/16 × 10 1/4 in. (30.6 × 26 cm)
- Description
- A seated portrait of an older Frederick Douglass. Douglass wears a suit with bow tie, jacket and vest.
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.37.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Frederick Douglass
- Created by
- Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822 - 1895
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Medium
- ink on paper, wood, glass
- Dimensions
- frame: 12 9/16 x 10 15/16 x 7/8 in. (31.9 x 27.8 x 2.2 cm)
- H x W (object in frame): 5 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (14 x 11.7 cm)
- Description
- A lithograph portrait of Frederick Douglass. Douglass is pictured wearing a dark colored suit and jacket with a white, high collared undershirt. He has a mustache. Typed below the portrait is “Eng. by A.H Ritchie. “ Written at the bottom of the portrait in black ink is “Frederick Douglass.”
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- lithographs
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Emancipation
- Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud
- Object number
- 2013.239.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Print of Frederick Douglass
- Published by
- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, American, 1852 - 1922
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- ca. 1879
- Medium
- ink on paper, wood, glass
- Dimensions
- frame: 14 15/16 x 16 13/16 x 1 1/8 in. (37.9 x 42.7 x 2.9 cm)
- H x W (object in frame): 7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in. (19.1 x 25.2 cm)
- Description
- A lithographic print of Frederick Douglass. The print is hand colored. Douglass is sitting at a desk and reading a newspaper. His right leg is crossed over his left and he is looking to his right. At the bottom underneath the image is “No. 7.—Our Artistic Correspondent interviewing Frederick Douglass in the District Marshal’s (sic) Office, Washington, D.C..” and “Illustrated Interviews with Eminent Public Men on Leading Topics of the Day.—see Page 258, 1879." The print is matted and framed.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- lithographs
- portraits
- Topic
- Emancipation
- Mass media
- Politics (Practical)
- Social reform
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud
- Object number
- 2013.239.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite of Frederick Douglass
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Douglass, Helen Pitts, American, 1838 - 1903
- Date
- 1862 - 1870
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.7 cm)
- Description
- This carte-de-visite depicts Douglass from the shoulders up in three-quarter profile view gazing to the viewer's right. Wearing a light colored collar, dark coat, and dark cravat, Douglass has a mustache, as well as a light streak in his hair. The reverse side has a laurel wreath in ink in the center. Text originally inside the wreath is obscured due to paper loss. Below the wreath is an inscription that reads “Helen Douglass.”
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Politics (Practical)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carole A. Hyman
- Object number
- 2016.56
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Pinback button featuring Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- President Lincoln, Abraham, American, 1809 - 1865
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (4.4 x 4.4 cm)
- Description
- A round pinback button featuring a black-and-white photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the proper left and a black-and-white photographic portrait of Frederick Douglass on the proper right. The portraits are in the center against a cream background. A gold colored border surrounds the outside edge of the button with bands of blue with white stars at the top and bottom center and bands of white with red stripes at the right and left center.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Politics (Practical)
- Race relations
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.77.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Button from The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School
- Distributed by
- The Douglass, Frederick Memorial Hospital and Training School, American, 1895 - 1973
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Dr. Mossell, Nathan Francis, 1856 - 1946
- Date
- April 1909
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and laminate
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 9/16 × 4 5/8 × 3/16 in. (16.7 × 11.7 × 0.5 cm)
- Description
- A button from The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School fundraising events held from April 22-27, 1909. The button is oval shaped and is comprised of yellow toned, laminate covered paper on metal. The front of the button is dominated by a large, black and white illustration of the hospital; a four story brick building with eleven (11) sets of double windows. The building is depicted from the corner and one side of the building is also visible, next to grassy area with trees and plants. In the foreground is the street with people milling on the sidewalk. Printed below is black text in varying fonts and sizes that reads, [FREDERICK DOUGLASS, MEMORIAL / HOSPITAL / AND / TRAINING SCHOOL / 1895 ? 1909 / PHILA. PENNA.]. There are flourishes on either side of the word [HOSPITAL]. At the top of the button are two small photographic bust portraits of Frederick Douglass on the left and Dr. Nathan Francis Mossell on the right. The images are framed on either side with laurel wreaths. Below the portraits of both men are illustrated banners with their names, [FREDERICK DOUGLASS] and [DR. NF MOSSELL - FOUNDER], printed in black text. The back of the button is plain with a metal oval shaped disk with four (4) pointed mounting tabs at each corner.
- Place used
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Topic
- Education
- Medicine
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ladene Miles Bourne
- Object number
- 2019.35.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson, Joseph Douglass
- Photograph by
- Bourdon, Denis, Canadian
- Notman Photo Company, American, 1866 - 1894
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Douglass, Joseph Henry, American, 1871 - 1935
- Date
- May 10, 1894
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)
- Caption
- This carte-de-visite is found in Series 6 of the Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection. This collection documents the personal life and professional career of Charlene Hodges Byrd as well as her related family members from various areas throughout the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C. This collection is comprised of correspondence, ephemera and photographs discussing family life, religion, race, education as well as the family relationship with Frederick Douglass and his family. The collection is available for research by contacting NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu or see our collections in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives available here: https://goo.gl/Rwckpe.
- Description
- A cabinet card of Frederick Douglass and his grandson Joseph Douglass. Frederick Douglass is featured on the right side of the image and sits in a chair holding papers in his hands atop his lap. Joseph Douglass, in the left side of the image, sits atop a table and holds a violin in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is resting on the back of his grandfather. The bottom of the card has a maker's mark and address for Notman Photographic Company in Boston.
- Place made
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Archival Collections
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- Topic
- Families
- Fatherhood
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Charlene Hodges Byrd
- Object number
- A2010.26.29.8.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Program from The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School
- Printed by
- The Douglass, Frederick Memorial Hospital and Training School, American, 1895 - 1973
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Dr. Mossell, Nathan Francis, 1856 - 1946
- Date
- April 1909
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 9 × 6 5/16 × 1/16 in. (22.8 × 16 × 0.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 9 × 12 7/16 × 1/16 in. (22.8 × 31.6 × 0.1 cm)
- Description
- A program from The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School fundraising events held from April 22-27, 1909. The program is printed on white paper and held together with a staple in the spine. The front cover is missing. The back cover of the program is plain, off-white, textured paper. The interior pages are glossy white with black text and black and white photographs. The front page of the program is dominated by a large, black and white illustration of the hospital; a four story brick building with eleven (11) sets of double windows. The building is depicted from the corner and one side of the building is also visible, next to grassy area with trees and plants. In the foreground is the street with people milling on the sidewalk. Black text printed in Old English text font reads [Dedication / April 22nd to April 27th, 1909] at the top and [Frederick Douglass / Memorial hospital and Training / School / Lombard and Sixteenth Streets] printed at the bottom with visitor information printed below in a different font. The booklet includes the program of speakers and activities for April 22nd through April 27th. The program has sixteen (16) pages.
- Place used
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- souvenir programs
- Topic
- Education
- Medicine
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ladene Miles Bourne
- Object number
- 2019.35.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Letter written by John Brown and Frederick Douglass to Brown's wife and children
- Written by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Brown, John, American, 1800 - 1859
- Received by
- Brown, Mary Ann, American, 1817 - 1884
- Date
- January 30, 1858
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm)
- Description
- A letter written by John Brown and Frederick Douglass from Rochester, New York, on January 30, 1858, to Brown's wife and children. The letter is handwritten in black ink on the front and back sides of a single sheet of paper. The letter is first written by Brown, who does not sign his portion beyond "Your Affectionate Husband and Father." Brown writes of missing his wife and children very much, but of not being able to visit them. He also asks his daughter Ruth about her husband, Henry Thompson, becoming involved in Brown's "school," coded language for Brown's militant abolitionist dealings. He further speaks of recruiting his sons for his work and requests that the family write to him under the name "N. Hawkins: Care of Fred'k Douglas [sic] Esq'r Rochester N[.] Y." Douglass writes on the lower half of the verso page with his words oriented three different directions to fit the page. He speaks of his friendship with the Brown family and invites any of them to his home, where John Brown is staying, signing as "Fred. Douglass."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- letters (correspondence)
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Correspondence
- Domestic life
- Fatherhood
- Government
- Resistance
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.26.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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Photographic souvenir of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home in Anacostia, D.C.
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Talbert, Mary Burnett, American, 1866 - 1923
- National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1896
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 18 in. (20.3 x 45.7 cm)
- Description
- A rectangular, framed photographic souvenir poster of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home in Anancostia, D.C. The poster features three black-and-white photographs against a tan background. In the center is a rectangular photograph of the exterior of the Frederick Douglass house. To the proper left is an oval photographic portrait of Frederick Douglass, where he appears in profile from the chest up. Underneath the portrait is the text [FREDERICK DOUGLASS / Anti-Slavery Orator, Publicist and Journalist. Nominated for the "Hall of Fame."]. To the proper right is an oval photographic portrait of Mary B. Talbert, where she appears standing in profile, looking down at a white flower she holds in one hand, her other hand resting against the back of a chair. Beneath the portrait of Talbert is printed [MRS. MARY B. TALBERT / Of Buffalo, N.Y., Life Member, Trustee Board, Douglass Home. Under her administration and direction the Douglass Home was redeemed.].
- Place depicted
- Anacostia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- souvenirs
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
- Written by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Published by
- Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, American, founded 1835
- Subject of
- Garrison, William Lloyd, American, 1805 - 1879
- Phillips, Wendell, American, 1811 - 1884
- Date
- 1845
- Medium
- ink on paper, cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 x 4 1/2 x 5 in. (17.8 x 11.4 x 12.7 cm)
- H x W x D (open at 90 degrees): 7 × 5 × 4 7/8 in. (17.8 × 12.7 × 12.4 cm)
- H x W x D (open at 60 degrees): 7 × 5 × 4 1/4 in. (17.8 × 12.7 × 10.8 cm)
- Description
- A first edition copy of the memoir and antislavery book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself. The hardcover book has a brown cover with an imprinted decorative border and scrollwork. The title is stamped in gold lettering in the center: [NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE / OF / FREDERICK DOUGLASS]. The frontispiece illustration is a portrait of Douglass, seated at a table, wearing jacket, vest, and tie, with his hands crossed in his lap. The first page prints the full title in alternating large and small type: [NARRATIVE / OF THE / LIFE / OF / FREDERICK DOUGLASS, / AN / AMERICAN SLAVE. / WRITTEN BY HIMSELF]. The last part of the title appears between two horizontal lines. At the bottom center is the publishing information: [BOSTON: / PUBLISHED AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE, / No. 25 CORNHILL / 1845.]. The book has a preface written by William Lloyd Garrison and a prefatory letter by Wendell Phillips. There are 125 pages.
- Place printed
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Type
- narratives
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Freedom
- Fugitive enslaved
- Identity
- Literature
- Men
- Resistance
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- United States--History--1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elizabeth Cassell
- Object number
- 2011.43.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol XXVII, No. 1405
- Published by
- Harper & Brothers, American, 1817 - 1962
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- November 14, 1883
- Medium
- ink on paper, wood, glass
- Dimensions
- frame: 23 1/2 x 18 1/16 x 15/16 in. (59.7 x 45.9 x 2.4 cm)
- H x W: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)
- Description
- The front page of Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization, Vol. XXVII, No. 1405. It has a full-page portrait of Frederick Douglass. Douglass is wearing a suit in the portrait. Typed below the image is "FREDERICK DOUGLASS - [See Page 743]."
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Emancipation
- Social reform
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud
- Object number
- 2013.239.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Broadside for "Men of Color" Recruitment
- Written by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- printing ink on rag paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (framed): 95 × 48 5/8 × 2 3/4 in. (241.3 × 123.5 × 7 cm)
- H x W: 93 3/4 × 46 1/4 in. (238.1 × 117.5 cm)
- Description
- Large three-sheet broadside promoting "Men of Color" to enlist in the Army; text printed in relief with carved wood type and cast letterpress/metal type. Text reads "MEN OF COLOR To Arms! To Arms!"
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Type
- broadsides
- Topic
- Military
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- 201Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.133
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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My Bondage and My Freedom
- Written by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Published by
- Miller, Orton & Co.
- Subject of
- Smith, Gerrit, American, 1794 - 1874
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- ink on paper, cardboard, leather
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (19.1 x 14 x 4.4 cm)
- H x W x D (IN SPECIALLY MADE STAND): 5 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (13 × 18.6 × 19.1 cm)
- Description
- Hardcover book entitled "My Bondage and My Freedom" with an illustration of Frederick Douglass as frontispiece. This slave narrative is dedicated to Gerrit Smith.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Type
- narratives
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Identity
- Literature
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elizabeth Cassell
- Object number
- 2011.43.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Handbill for a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers
- Printed by
- Tucker Printing House, American
- Subject of
- Fisk Jubilee Singers, American, founded 1871
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Twain, Mark, American, 1835 - 1910
- Date
- 1875
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (22.2 x 15.9 cm)
- Description
- A paper handbill advertisement for a performance by the Jubilee Singers on March 23, 1875 at City Hall in an unnamed location. One side of the handbill has the printed title [A SONG FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS] at the top and then recounts a visit of the Jubilee Singers with Frederick Douglass where he shared a spiritual that he sang while enslaved that inspired him to seek freedom in the North. The lyrics of the song are printed in the center of the handbill. The details for the upcoming performance are printed at the bottom center in large text [CITY HALL / ON THE EVENING OF / TUESDAY, MARCH 23D, 1875. / Tickets now on sale at Stockbridge's]. At the bottom left corner in small print is [Tucker Printing House, Portland.]
- The other side of the handbill has printed a letter to [Theo. F. Seward, Esq.] from Samuel Clemens recounting how much he enjoys performances by the Jubilee Singers. At the top of the page in large text is printed [MARK TWAIN / AND THE / Jubilee Singers]. At the bottom center of the page is the text [CITY HALL, / TUESDAY EVENING!].
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- handbills
- Topic
- Amusements
- Folk (Music)
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Resistance
- Singers (Musicians)
- Slavery
- Spirituals (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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The North Star, Vol. I No. 37
- Created by
- The North Star, American, 1847 - 1859
- Edited by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Delany, Martin Robison, American, 1812 - 1885
- Published by
- Dick, John, British
- Date
- September 8, 1848
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 13 3/16 × 18 1/2 in. (33.5 × 47 cm)
- Description
- The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. The paper is printed with black text on yellowed newsprint. The masthead reads [THE NORTH STAR. / RIGHT IS OF NO SEX-TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR-GOD IS THE FATHER OF US ALL, AND ALL WE ARE BRETHREN. / ROCHESTER, N. Y., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1848.] On the left side of the masthead is [FREDERICK DOUGLASS, / M. R. DELANY, / EDITORS / VOL. 1. NO. 37.] Printed on the right side of the masthead is [JOHN DICK, PUBLISHER / WHOLE NO.-37.]. The main text is organized into seven columns of small print. At the top of the column on the far left, above the publisher's notices and list of agents, is printed: [The object of the NORTH STAR will be to attack SLAVERY in all its forms and aspects; advocate UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION; exalt the standard of PUBLIC MORALITY; promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the COLORED PEOPLE; and hasten the day of FREEDOM to the THREE MILLIONS of our ENSLAVED FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.] This issue contains several anti-slavery essays and letters, including a letter from Douglass to his previous enslaver Thomas Auld, titled [To My Old Master], as well as a critique of the Liberian colonization movement, news of the rebellion in Ireland, poetry, notices of anti-slavery society meetings around the region, and general advertisements.
- Place printed
- Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Communities
- Free communities of color
- Freedom
- Fugitive enslaved
- International affairs
- Mass media
- Self-liberation
- Social reform
- United States--History--1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.151.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Republican Notification Committee, Washington, D.C., Monday, June 20th, 1892
- Photograph by
- Prince, Fotografer, American, 1847 - 1929
- Subject of
- President McKinley, William, American, 1843 - 1901
- President Harrison, Benjamin, American, 1833 - 1901
- Harris, Charles Oscar, American, 1852 - 1913
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- silver and albumen on photographic paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
- H x W: 15 x 21 1/2 in. (38.1 x 54.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of men seated and standing in front of a doorway. They wear coats, many wear ties, and several hold bowler and top-hats. At the bottom right of the photograph is the address, "11th and Pa. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C." Below the photograph is written "Republican Notification Comittee / Washington, D.C., / Monday, June 20th 1892." Frederick Douglass stands at the back, just left of the doorway.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Politics (Practical)
- Race relations
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Charles Oscar Harris
- Object number
- 2010.56
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain