Frederick Douglass Funeral March
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By N. Clark Smithe. Chicago : S. Brainard's Sons Co., c1895. From the Sheet Music from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. Digital ID: scsm0165.
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- Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide: Strategically plan a collaborative unit and learn how to overcome those everyday obstacles that prevent success. This guide is accompanied by four lesson plans to help you put collaboration into practice. (Page 4)
- George Washington and Frederick Douglass letters: Recognizing point of view and bias: This lesson uses two letters written by famous individuals. Frederick Douglass, a well-known former slave who became a leader of the American abolition movement, escaped from slavery in Maryland to freedom in New York in 1838. George Washington was a large slaveholder in Virginia (as well as the first president of the United States).
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This image shows the front cover of “Frederick Douglass Funeral March.” The title is at the top of the document in an ornate font. Underneath is an image of Douglass. At each corner of his portrait are pen and ink drawings in circular frames that depict the slave trade, bondage, auction block, and freedom.
The publishing information at the bottom of the document lists The S. Brainard Sons Co. of Chicago as the publisher. Underneath this information is GHAS. SHEARD & Co., 192 High Holborn, London. To the left reads “copyright secured in England.” To the right reads “all rights reserved.”
