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Frederick Douglass's First Speech
12019-11-19T22:37:03+00:00Lillian Kingdcc87736c93dc79a223aaa8ae855be85116b365d45Frederick Douglass delivered his first speech on August 11, 1841, a few years before sitting for this 1847 daguerreotype. Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison invited Douglass to give the speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Convention. That event, and Douglass’s successful oration, set him on the path toward becoming a spokesman for abolition.plain2020-01-30T15:39:33+00:00Frederick Douglass08/11/1841This image has been digitally altered. Original digital image available online at the National Portrait Gallery: https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.80.21David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
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