Contributed by Maine State Archives
Description
In 1877, former slave, orator and writer Frederick Douglass, who had spent most of his life fighting for the abolition of slavery and for human rights, traveled through New England on a speaking tour.
He was invited by veterans of the First Maine Cavalry, a famous Civil War unit, to join them at their annual reunion in 1877 at Old Orchard Beach.
Douglass is standing fourth from right in the first row. He noted that it was a sign of great progress in race relations that he had enjoyed "a game of croquet with ladies and gentlemen of a different race right out in front of the hotel."
About This Item
- Title: Frederick Douglass, Old Orchard Beach, 1877
- Creation Date: 1877
- Subject Date: 1877
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, YORK County, ME
- Media: Albumen print
- Dimensions: 16.5 cm x 23.5 cm
- Local Code: 1877renunion
- Object Type: Image
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- African Americans
- Afro-americans--photographs
- Civil wars--United States
- Minorities
- Ocean House (Old Orchard Beach, Me.)
- Race relations
- Slavery
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories--Infantry, 1st Maine--Photographs
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Maine State Archives84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084
(207) 287-5790
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