Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist, ca. 1865
Photograph by J.W. Hurn of the celebrated American abolitionist. The Library of Congress has no catalog data on this portrait and assigns no date to it. David W. Blight, ed., Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself (New York, 1993, p. 146), suggests the photograph was taken shortly after the Civil War; Douglass would have been around 47-49 at the time.
Image Title
Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist, ca. 1865
RegID
SI-OB-543
Date
1865
Title
Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist, ca. 1865
Source
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-24165
Language
English
Item sets
Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals
Spatial Coverage
North America
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
10-Jun-16
Identifier
NW0235