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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01954 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Frederick Douglas to Thomas B. Pugh regarding the Philadelphia Academy of Music's discriminatory policies towards African Americans |
| Date | 17 November 1870 |
| Author | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Recipient | B Pugh, Thomas |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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." |
| Subjects | African American History Art, Music, Theater, and Film Civil War |
| People | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) Pugh, T.B. (fl. 1870) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | African Americans; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |