国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 2月14日 21時21分

Today marks the 200th birthday of abolitionist leader and civil rights champion Frederick Douglass. Like many of the men and women born into slavery in the United States, Douglass did not know the exact date of his birth; he adopted February 14 as his birthday later in life.
After escaping from slavery in his twenties, Douglass began a lifelong career fighting for a more just and equal society. Through his words, speeches, and actions, Douglass became an international leader in the abolitionist movement, campaigning tirelessly to end slavery and to assist those who, like himself, risked their lives to try and escape it.
One of the focuses of Douglass's public career was ensuring that all Americans—irrespective of their race, gender, class, or ethnicity—enjoyed the full benefits of citizenship. In 1882, he sent a letter with this quotation on the nature of American pluralism to William F. Gable, Pennsylvania businessman and manuscript collector: "In a composite nation like ours, as before the Law, there should be no rich no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights, and a common destiny." Douglass's letter is currently on view in our exhibition, "American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith." [?: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center]
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