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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07202.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Charles Sumner-related items |
| Title | William Eliot to Charles Sumner about a Civil Rights Bill |
| Date | ca. 1872 |
| Author | Eliot, William Greenleaf (1811-1887) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Eliot, a social activist and clergyman, writes to Sumner, a United States Senator from Massachusetts (recipient inferred from collection). Encloses newspaper clippings asserting they prove the necessity of a civil rights bill. The first clipping, attached to the note, relates that Frederick Douglass was recently denied service at the Planters' House, a St. Louis, Missouri inn. The article notes, "This is the first difficulty of the kind he has received on his present lecture trip, and it is a shameful reflection on St. Louis' hospitality..." The other clipping offers a similar version of the story, suggesting that Douglass should have been given a private room, "where he could have taken his meals, if prejudice did not prevent him to enter the public dining room." |
| Subjects | Segregation African American History Congress American Statesmen Jim Crow |
| People | Eliot, William Greenleaf (1811-1887) Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | African Americans; 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 |
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