Biographical Sketches and Notes

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: I

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Scope and Contents

In forty handwritten pages Douglass wrote an account of his life. He attempted to "picture the thoughts and feelings of a real living human being." The text was written in third person and related Douglass's own life story from a detached perspective. This text appears to have been written while he was a student at South Dakota Agricultural College, 1894.

Dates

1879-1953

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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