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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1895
Page
2
The article chronicles Frederick Douglass rising from slave to renowned abolitionist. It details his hunger for learning, reading with help from his mistress, writing by copying shipyard marks, and his early activism including a Sabbath school for enslaved children that provoked master's wrath and foreshadowed his enduring fight for freedom.
Frederick Douglass recalled his harsh early life to counter slaveholders’ boasts that enslaved people were better cared for. He detailed monthly rations of eight pounds pork or fish, one bushel Indian meal with 15 percent unfit for consumption, one pound salt, and minimal clothing. Children often received nothing, leaving many destitute and inadequately clothed on plantation work.
The excerpt notes a young Frederick Douglass at about ten years old finding literacy a rare bright spot under a master who was pious yet broken. It hints that learning to read and write, though forbidden, became the crucial lever that propelled his future influence for his race.
The Dewey Medical Co. at 74 Boylston Street offers free examinations and treatments for all diseases. Operates daily hours 9 to 1, 2 to 5, and 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. Bedsides, rooms 7 and 8 provide access to services.
The narrative portrays Frederick Douglass’s escape from slavery amid Covey a cruel slave breaker near St Michael s, whose brutal methods likened to horse breaking were reputedly used by planters to discipline enslaved youths. Douglass’s perseverance and Sunday school work precede his pursuit of freedom.
A fragmentary column blends story of Frederick Douglass and a slave revolt with a testimonial letter touting Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. Mrs Lamson in Orange Mass recounts illness, cure, and praise for spring usage. It promotes the remedy as a safe, vegetable tonic from Dr. Greene of Boston with free consultation offered.
In 1834 Frederick Douglass endures brutal beating and forced labor at Mr Covey’s hands. He describes bloodied backs, long hours, and constant whippings as Covey tries to crush his spirit. Sunday isolation near Chesapeake Bay fuels longing for liberty and an eventual escape attempt.
Governor Greenhalge Speaker Meyer and Mrs Chappelle express deep regret at the death of Frederick Douglass. Boston and Cambridge admirers recall his self made life and a lasting impact on race relations. A Post reporter recalls Douglass aiding a Biddeford woman during wartime and choosing modest shelter over pomp in later years.
Harvard varsity crew reshuffles with Hollister back at stroke and Perkins moving to Hollister's seat. Stevenson replaces Perkins as Bullard shifts to bow, creating a heavier crew averaging 171 pounds. First eight weights listed. second eight also reorganized with Clarke, Lewis shifting to bow and No. 2.
Cambridge training squads will now run in the street center wearing woollen trunks and high stockings to avoid public complaints about bare knees and “sinewy legs” amid prior protests from Rev. F. H. Smith. Aldermen were to discuss the matter next.
Waterbury report says George Lachance Brooklyn first baseman wed Mamie Daly in St Patrick s Church by Rev J H Duggan. Couple will reside in New York.
Pittsfield reports the death of William Otis Curtis once owner of the Curtis Hotel in Lenox after a long illness. Born July 15 1817 in Stockbridge he built a boarding house in Lenox then ran the hotel from 1853 earning international regard. He served in the Massachusetts House in 1852 and held town offices.
The funeral of Thomas Mc Laughlin of the North End was held Tuesday at St. Marys Church Endicott Street. A solemn mass was led by Fathers Holland Hamilton and Casey. Fifty carriages followed to the burial. He was brother to ex Representative Daniel McLaughlin and had many friends. He moved to Boston in 1865 and spent two years in San Francisco.
Thomas Reeves, principal music teacher at the Perkins Institute and Massachusetts School for the Blind, died Tuesday evening from pneumonia. His death postpones two Washington's Birthday entertainments planned at the institute.
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