Address of Frederick Douglass, Delivered in the Congregational Church in Washington D. C. April 16, 1883 on the Twenty-First Anniversary of Emancipation in the District of Columbia. 8vo, printed pale green wrappers, stitched; couple of very small

Address of Frederick Douglass, Delivered in the Congregational Church in Washington D. C. April 16, 1883 on the Twenty-First Anniversary of Emancipation in the District of Columbia. 8vo, printed pale green wrappers, stitched; couple of very small nicks to top edge. A fine copy of a very fragile piece. Washington, D. C., 1883 E700-1000 First Edition of a speech given at a crucial point in Douglass's personal life. his wife had died in August 1882; "In the summer of 1883, Douglass appears to have been depressed almost to the point of a nervous breakdown. McFeely, page 3131 This speech, however betrays no weakness of spirit on the part of the old warrior. He directs this address to the seeming immobility of the Negro race, despite emancipation and the right to vote. 'Until the colored man's pathway to the American ballot box, North and South, shall be safe and smooth, this discussion will go on. Until the courts of the country shall grant a colored man a fair trial and a just verdict, this discussion will go on Not in Work; Blockson, or any mention in William McFeely's exhaustive biography. Hampton, 4806; Howard Ii, page 43