On View
Slavery and Freedom Gallery
Exhibition
Slavery and Freedom
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
Transcription Available
Place printed
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Books and Published Materials
Movement
Abolitionist movement
Colonization movement
Type
newspapers
Topic
Antislavery
Education
Fugitive enslaved
International affairs
Mass media
Self-liberation
Slavery
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
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f5f576bf-0b85-4a16-bddf-704b72f21cab

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