Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 to Alexander M. Ross
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.15 Author/Creator: Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 Place Written: Rohnerville, California Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 July 1887 Pagination: 5 p. ; 17 x 11.5 cm. Order a Copy
One letter addressed to Alexander Ross from Anne Brown Adams dated July 31, 1887. Mentions the health of her children and reading The Life of Frederick Douglass. Does not find truth in Douglass's account of meeting John Brown. Believes that Uncle Tom's Cabin is a suitable work to teach her children about slavery. Recounts that there was a false narrative in the biography which led her children to be skeptical of Frederick Douglass's biography.
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