DOUGLASS, FREDERICK

The Equality of All Men Before the Law Claimed and Defended; in Speeches by Hon. William D. Kelley, Wendell Phillips and Frederick Douglass. 43 pages. 8vo, self-wrappers, stitched. Boston: Rand and Avery, 1865 FIRST EDITION. Delivered at the annual meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society in Boston. The opening speech of William Kelley concerned the imminent fall of the Confederacy and plans for Reconstruction. Douglass' famous speech, "What the Black Man Wants," considers the future of African-Americans.