(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) DAY WILLIAM HOWARD Celebration of the Colo

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(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) DAY, WILLIAM HOWARD. Celebration of the Colored People's Educational Monument Association, in Memory of Abraham Lincoln on the Fourth of July, 1865. On the Presidential Grounds, Washington D.C. 33 pages. 8vo, original printed buff wrappers; some toning, small discoloration at bottom of front cover. Washington, D.C., 1865

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Publishing a letter from Frederick Douglass who says that while he is unable to attend, 'the one thought to be deeply emphasized and underscored on that occasion is this: The immediate, complete, and universal enfranchisement of the people of color of this whole country.' As far as we were able to determine, this project never quite came to fruition. The 'monument' was intended to be a 'seat of learning' for black and white together.