Description
- Abstract:
- A life-size sculpture of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass stands atop the staircase at the West 77th Street entrance to the New-York Historical Society. Douglass gazes forward, holding a pair of books in his left hand, while his right arm rests downward. Fully bearded, Douglass stares off into the distance.
- Notes:
- Frederick Douglass (The New York Historical, New York, New York), Brown University Library
- Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Dobkin, Jay (Wikimedia Commons), and Schwartz, Ivan,
"Frederick Douglass (The New York Historical, New York, New York)"
(2011).
Black Abolitionists: Tubman, Douglass, Truth.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:h4sg5q2z/
Relations
Collection:
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Black Abolitionists: Tubman, Douglass, Truth
...The monuments and memorials in this collection commemorate the extraordinary achievements of three U.S. Black abolitionist and freedom seekers: Harriet Tubman, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822-1913); Frederick Douglass (c. 1818-1895); and Sojourner Truth (1797-1883).
Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern …