Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 to Thomas B. Pugh
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01954 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 November 1870 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy
Douglass refuses to speak at the Philadelphia Academy of Music because of its discriminatory policies towards African Americans. The letter escalates into a barrage of criticism against the Academy and Philadelphia the "City of Brotherly Love", which according to Douglass "stands almost alone in the intensity of its wolfish hate and snobbish pride of race."
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