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Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass

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Auction Date:2012 Dec 12 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Former slave (1818–1895) who lent his eloquent, powerful voice to the abolitionist movement. AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 3.5 slip. Douglass writes “Truth is the only savior of the world.” Signed at the conclusion, “Fredk. Douglass 1881.” Slip is affixed to an identical size sheet. Accompanied by an ink signature, “Very respectfully yours, Helen Douglass,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2 slip clipped from a letter, and affixed to an identical size slip. In fine condition. Helen Pitts, married Douglass in 1884, and the marriage was generally the subject of scorn by both black and white residents in Washington. She made his final years at Cedar Hill happy ones and they remained married for 11 years until his death in 1895.