If I Survive: Frederick Douglass and Family in the Walter O. Evans Collection
When:
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 6:00p -
7:30p
Where:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
Admission:
$10
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2596
Celeste-Marie Bernier of the University of Edinburgh will present previously unpublished manuscript letters, essays, speeches, and photographs from Frederick Douglass and his sons, Charles Remond, Frederick Jr., and Lewis Henry Douglass. "If I Survive: Frederick Douglass and Family in the Walter O. Evans Collection " casts Douglass in the role of dedicated family man and inspirational figure to his five children. This family biography as accompanied by these personal documents comprises the first extensive study of Frederick Douglass and his family’s fight for the cause of liberty during the Civil War and in the post-emancipation era.
Please call 617-646-0578 or register online at www.masshist.org/events. A pre-talk reception will begin at 5:30.
Please call 617-646-0578 or register online at www.masshist.org/events. A pre-talk reception will begin at 5:30.