Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Douglass, Frederick

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1850-02-04

Description

Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes in response to Post's February 2, 1850 letter, in which she shares her displeasure regarding the account he published in his newspaper the North Star about a recent anti-slavery bazaar.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

824

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

North Star Office
Feb 4^t^h

My Dear Friend Amy. I
am sorry that my notice
of the recent fair, does
not please you. In
that notice I aimed to
be truthful as well as
hopeful, and to give the
fair its due. I had two
duties to perform in that
notice- to give credit to our
few Dear friends who have
labored faithfully to make
the fair successful and

(Page 2)

at the same time to do
justice to the absent by making
them know the truth with
respect to ^the^ result. This I have
done in the fewest possible
words- My interests and my
desires are on the side of
the most hopeful and
encouraging account
that could be given- but
the facts were such that had
I written such an account
I should have been convicted
before this community as
an untruthful man. I
do not despise the sum
realized- and gave said nothing
which justly bears such a

(Page 3)

construction.
Nor have I said that the tendency
of the fair was wholly
immoral. These are your
remarks dear friend not
mine certainly.
Faithfully and affectionately
yours Frederick Douglass

(Page 4)

[Text aligned vertically across center of Page 4]

Amy Post
Rochester

Tags

Abolitionism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Douglass, Frederick, “Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3115.

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