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I have this moment learned that Yourself, Mr. Douglass, and other gentlemen contemplate starting a paper on an Early day in Washington if so please acquaint me with the design or Your plans. and make me if You can a party in some way to the undertaking.

—Charles Lenox Remond to George T. Downing, 23 March 1869

Charles Lenox Remond

Charles Lenox Remond (1810–1873) was an abolitionist lecturer born in Salem, Massachusetts. A supporter of William Lloyd Garrison, Remond was an agent for Garrison’s abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. He and his younger sister, Sarah, were noted anti-slavery orators, and Charles was the first Black person to address a legislative body in the United States—the Massachusetts General Court. During the Civil War, he recruited Black soldiers in the north and in Canada for the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, as well as for other African American units. After the Civil War, he continued to campaign for Black civil rights until his death from tuberculosis in 1873.


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MHS News

Object of History Podcast The Mortal & Everlasting Life of Frederic Augustus James, Available 15 June 2024


The Object of History podcast Season 3, Episode 7, The Mortal & Everlasting Life of Frederic Augustus James: Enduring Life Behind the Deadline of a Civil War POW Camp focuses on the prisoner-of-war experience of Frederic Augustus James and other Civil War prisoners like him. 


This episode releases on Saturday, 15 June 2024. Listen to the episode

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Boston School Desegregation and Busing 50th Anniversary of Tallulah Morgan v. James Hennigan (1974)


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Citizenship & Belonging in US History


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Boston Views: Through the Lens of Arthur A. Shurcliff


Arthur A. Shurcliff (1870–1957), a landscape architect, created a collection of 1,295 glass lantern slides that depict cityscapes and buildings in Boston and other locations during the first decades of the 20th century. View a selection of Boston views reproduced at large scale and learn more about Shurcliff.


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