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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Sculpture
1972
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Charles Arthur Wells
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Photograph
c. 1850 (after c. 1847 daguerreotype)
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Unidentified Artist
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Drawing
1972
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Charles Arthur Wells
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1876
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George Kendall Warren
The Fifteenth Amendment

The Fifteenth Amendment

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1870
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Unidentified Artist
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1856
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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1876
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Henry Walton Bibb

Henry Walton Bibb

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1847
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Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

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1789
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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1870
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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1883
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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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c. 1860
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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1876
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Frontispiece to

Frontispiece to "A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery"

Book
1843
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The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment and Celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870

The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment and Celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870

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1870
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Metcalf & Clark

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