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25c Frederick Douglass single
Object Details
- Description
- This Prominent Americans Issue stamp depicts Frederick Douglass, an African-American orator, writer and statesman. Though born into slavery in Maryland, Douglass was able to learn how to read and write. He successfully escaped to New York, where he married a free black woman. He wrote about his life as a slave and became an abolitionist orator. He lived in Europe for a short time, until his friends could purchase his freedom. He served as an advisor to five Presidents.
- United States; Maryland; New York; African-American; Frederick Douglass; slavery; abolitionist; writer; orator; free; Europe; autobiography; portrait
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- February 14, 1967
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5568
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Frederick Douglass, American, 1817 - 1895
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (rose lake); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1290
- Topic
- Humanitarian Causes
- Literature
- Black Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5568
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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