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A Citizen from Bath to Frederick Douglass, April 21, 1848

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Bath, 21st April, 1848.

Mr. Frederick Douglass:
My Dear Sir, ー
I noticed, in the last number of the Steu-
ben Courier, an attempt on the part of its
editor, to invalidate and overthrow the re-
marks you made in regard to our Union
school, charging you with falsehood, &c. I
therefore send you the facts, that you may
reply to them intelligently.

It is true, that a petition has been circu-
lated and signed by a great portion of the
inhabitants of the district, the object of which
was, to support the school by a tax upon all
the property of the district; also to support
a separate school for colored childred. These
facts can be substantiated by a large number
of our most respectable inhabitants.

Yours for equal burdens and equal rights,

Creator

Bath, A Citizen from

Date

1848-04-21

Description

A Citizen from Bath to Frederick Douglass. PL: NS, 28 April 1848. Corrects editorial in Bath Steuben Courier criticizing Frederick Douglass’s speech on exclusion of blacks from new school in Bath, New York.

Publisher

This document was calendared in the published volume and has not been published in full before.

Collection

North Star

Type

Letters

Publication Status

Unpublished

Source

North Star