Letter from Frederick Douglass to Elizabeth Mountfort, Aug. 8, 1850
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Escaped slave and anti-slavery advocate Frederick Douglass wrote to Elizabeth Mountfort, corresponding secretary of the Portland Anti-Slavery Society, concerning the society's invitation for him to lecture before them.
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- Title: Letter from Frederick Douglass to Elizabeth Mountfort, Aug. 8, 1850
- Creator: Douglass, Frederick
- Creation Date: 1850-08-08
- Subject Date: 1850-08-08
- Town: Portland, Rochester
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME, NY
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 14, Box 1, Fl. 4
- Collection: Portland Anti-Slavery Society Papers, 1844-1866
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings
Portland Anti-Slavery Society--Records and correspondence
Mountfort, Elizabeth, 1806-1876--Correspondence
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Maine--Portland
Lectures and lecturing
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Manuscripts
Letters
People
Douglass, Frederick
Mountfort, Elizabeth
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