H. R. to Frederick Douglass, June 20, 1856

For Frederick Douglass' Paper.

THE RIGHT OF COLORED INDIVIDUALS.

NEW YORK, June 20, 1856.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ESQ.: DEAR SIR:—I beg to correct a mistake, made by you in your issue of the 6th inst., under the head of "The Right of Colored Individuals," and also to state an additional fact. In relation to the suit brought by Parker, a colored man, to recover damages from the 6th Avenue R. R. in this city, for the expulsion of his wife and child from one of the Company's cars, you say "the venue was probably laid in Richmond County with a view of getting a jury more favorable to the plaintiffs, than was likely to be obtained in New York." This was not so. The reason of it was, because the plaintiffs resided there. I make this correction, as the effect might be to injure their cause—which is still in suit.

The jury, as I understand, were eleven for giving the plaintiff one thousand dollars damages, and one for a verdict of "no cause of action."

Yours, very truly,

H. R.