1_Douglass Documents Available for Transcription (December 2022)

S. to Frederick Douglass, April 30, 1855

S. to Frederick Douglass. PLIr: Frederick DouglassP, 4 May 1855. Communicates the news from Boston, including the adoption of a strict new liquor law.

S. to Frederick Douglass, June 11, 1855

S. to Frederick Douglass, June 4, 1855

S. to Frederick Douglass, May 12, 1855

S. to Frederick Douglass. PLIr: Frederick DouglassP, 18 May 1855. Discusses local politics and other events occurring in the Boston area.

S. to Frederick Douglass, May 21, 1855

S. to Frederick Douglass. PLIr: Frederick DouglassP, 25 May 1855. Comments on Bostonians’ opinions of the Massachusetts Personal Liberty Law.

S. to Frederick Douglass, May 28, 1855

S. to Frederick Douglass. PLIr: Frederick DouglassP, 1 June 1855. Describes ongoing political events in Boston.

S. to Frederick Douglass, May 7, 1855

S. to Frederick Douglass. PLIr: Frederick DouglassP, 18 May 1855. Discusses implications of the Personal Liberty bill on the Fugitive Slave Act, which came out of committee in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Thomas C. Bowles to Frederick Douglass, April 17, 1855

Thomas C. Bowles to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: FPD, 27 April 1855. Furnishes Douglass with a copy of a critique of The Black Swan from the Pennsylvania Inquirer, praising the black lead’s performance.

U. B. V. to Frederick Douglass, March 26, 1855

William J. Watkins to Frederick Douglass, April 27, 1855

William J. Watkins to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 4 May 1855. Outlines his recent travels through New York, including one meeting at Deposit, New York.