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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07232 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1900s |
| Title | Speech draft re: influence of Lincoln, given at New York Republican Club of NYC |
| Date | 12 February 1909 |
| Author | Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Original draft of speech: "I was born a slave...my first recollection of Abraham Lincoln was...by the prayers of my mother...as she was kneeling over my body earnestly praying that Abraham Lincoln might succeed and that one day she and her boy might be free"; with autograph corrections. |
| Subjects | Progressive Era African American Author African American History President Religion Emancipation Slavery |
| People | Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The Presidency; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics |
| 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 |