(DOUGLASS FREDERICK) Douglass Monthly Volume IV No III Augus

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(DOUGLASS, FREDERICK.) Douglass' Monthly. Volume IV. No. III, August, 1861. 13 pages, small folio; small (1x 1/2 inches) chip from the outer margin of the first three leaves, not affecting text; original subscriber's name above, in the margin; paper lightly and evenly toned. Rochester, 1861

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The lead article, an editorial on the Federal Government's stance on slavery and an entire speech delivered to the congregation at the A. M. E. Zion Church, on Spring Street in Rochester on Sunday June 30, 1861, are by Douglass. Other articles include a long critique of the Fugitive Slave Law by Gerrit Smith. The last page of the paper is devoted to an appeal by James Redpath "To the Blacks, Men of Color, and Indians in the United States and British North America" for emigration to Haiti, with all the details of obtaining tickets, arranging for the transport of baggage, etc.