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Frederick Douglass papers at the Library of Congress
   
The first release of the Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress contains approximately 2,000 items relating to Douglass's life as an escaped
slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and public servant. The papers span the years 1841-1964, with the bulk of the material from 1862-1895. The collection also contains the writings of some of Douglass's contemporaries such as Henry Ward Beecher, Ida B. Wells, Gerrit Smith, and Horace Greeley. Subjects covered in the collection include politics, emancipation, racial prejudice, women's suffrage, and prison reform.
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Frederick Douglass papers at the Library of Congress
The first release of the Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress contains approximately 2,000 items relating to Douglass's life as an escaped
slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and public servant. The papers span the years 1841-1964, with the bulk of the material from 1862-1895. The collection also contains the writings of some of Douglass's contemporaries such as Henry Ward Beecher, Ida B. Wells, Gerrit Smith, and Horace Greeley. Subjects covered in the collection include politics, emancipation, racial prejudice, women's suffrage, and prison reform.
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Slavery and manumission manuscripts of Timbuktu
"From the Bibliotheque Commemorative Mama Haidara in Timbuktu, Mali, a collection of [209] 19th century manuscripts relating to slavery and manumission
in Timbuktu. The materials, in Arabic, provide documentation on Africans in slavery in Muslim societies." Includes search engine which allows subject browsing and keyword and document number searching.
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