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Reading Frederick Douglass at Rokeby in Ferrisburgh

This image is said to have been a gift from Frederick Douglass to Susan B. Anthony. The image came to CCHS from Albert Cook Myers who obtained it from Anthony’s niece, Miss Lucy Anthony.

Celebrate Independence Day with a reading of Frederick Douglass' speech "What to the Slave is the 4th of July?" by François Clemmons.

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