Frederick Douglass (c1818-1895) - Journalist-Orator - "Wielding...pen...voice," ex-slave campaigned for rights for Blacks, women. Assisted runaways to Canada. Helped recruit Blacks for 54th Massachusetts Regiment. U.S. minister to Haiti.
postmarked 'First Day of Issue' June 29, 1995 in Gettysburg, PA - with a matching stamp from the Civil War series
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