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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) DOUGLASS, FREDERICK.
Carte-de-visite
portrait.
A fine, sharp example, showing Douglass as City Marshall of Washington D.C. at
age 59
SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE FRONT MOUNT
,
BENEATH THE PORTRAIT
an inscription on the reverse, in a different hand states “Frederick Douglass, Marshall of
Dist. Of Columbia.”
Boston: Warren, 1877
[2,500/3,500]
A fine, sharp image of Douglass taken when he was the Marshall for Washington, D.C.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [DOUGLASS, FREDERICK]. HUTCHIN-
SON, JESSE.
The Fugitive’s Song. Words Composed and respectfully dedicated in
token of confident esteem to Frederick Douglass, a Graduate of the “Peculiar
Institution” for his fearless Advocacy, Signal Ability and Wonderful Success in
behalf of Hi Brothers in Bonds . . .
Engraved cover, depicting Douglass as a fugitive
slave, plus 5 pages of lithographed music with extensive extra verses on the last page. Some
light discoloration to the edges, still an exceptional copy.
Boston: Henry Prentiss, 1845
[7,500/10,000]
Written by noted singer/composer Jesse Hutchinson. The Hutchinson Family Singers as they
were originally called, toured the country composing and performing anti-slavery songs. In this
regard they may well have been unique. In the highly polarized atmosphere of the decades lead-
ing to secession and war, hecklers could become violent. When Frederick Douglass was forced to
flee the country in 1845, he went to England. There, the Hutchinsons traveled with him, stay-
ing for nearly a year. This song was probably written just before Douglass’s departure. Other
songs such as “Get Off the Track, and “The Slave’s Appeal” addressed the slavery issue head
on. The group, known colloquially as the ‘Tribe of Jesse’ was still quite popular by the onset of
the Civil War, though by then they had broken into two distinct groups.
EXCEEDINGLY
SCARCE
.
OCLC LOCATES ONLY ONE COPY AT THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
.
Not in LCP/HSP Afro-Americana.
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