Rare 1877 newspaper FREDERICK DOUGLASS appointed US MARSHALL for WASHINGTON DC

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Rare 1877 newspaper with an inside-page announcement that FREDERICK DOUGLASS has been appointed US MARSHALL for WASHINGTON, DC  -
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SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Har[[er's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper
(NY) dated March 31, 1877, with fantastic Frederick Douglass history!
Perfect for framing and display!
in March 1877 President Rutherford B. Hayes, a Republican who had won a contested election over Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden, appointed Douglass as U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, allowing him financial security in his waning years.
Douglass‘ appointment, along with that of Bass Reeves — a deputy U.S. Marshal in Arkansas around the same time — marked the beginning of a long history of the Marshals’ involvement in civil rights movements, including providing black leaders like Martin Luther King with protection and escorting black students into newly integrated schools in the South.
“He was a true agent of change in American history,” David Harlow, acting director of the U.S. Marshals Service, said Wednesday at the ceremony. “The U.S. Marshals Service is honored to have played a part in the life and history of Frederick Douglass.”
Very Good Condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper.
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