Black Freedom Struggle in the United States:

Shameful Violation of the Rights of Man: Disgraceful Prejudice Against a Man of Color. Disgraceful Conduct Toward Frederick Douglass, the Liberated Slave.

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Document Title: Shameful Violation of the Rights of Man: Disgraceful Prejudice Against a Man of Color. Disgraceful Conduct Toward Frederick Douglass, the Liberated Slave.

Document Description: News article: Frederick Douglass, a gentleman, (and if Christian conduct, manly honesty, and cultivated intellect, combine to form a gentleman, he is eminently worthy to so designated,) has been refused by Englishmen as passage on bord a steam-ship bound to his native land, because his skin is not white–because he was once a slave.

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Publication Year: 1847

Publication: Liberator Vol. 17, Iss. 20, (May 14, 1847): 78

ProQuest Product: American Periodicals

Source Institution: American Periodicals Series II

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