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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07731.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Frederick Douglass to Miss Lena thanking her for a potholder |
| Date | 24 February 1882 |
| Author | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thanks Lena, a young girl, for a potholder (GLC07731.02). Apparently Lena had read Douglass's narrative, and he thanks her for reading and thinking kindly of his life and history. Writes "Please accept my best thanks for 'Any holder but a slaveholder.'" Accompanied by a blank sheet of paper of the same size, possibly formerly attached to the note. |
| Subjects | African American Author African American History Gift Women's History Children and Family Home Furnishings Abolition Slavery Textile |
| People | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Children & Family; Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History |
| 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 |