Frederick Douglass's newspaper office in Washington, D.C.

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Frederick Douglass's newspaper office in Washington, D.C. was the editorial and publishing headquarters from which the famed abolitionist and orator produced and disseminated his influential antislavery and civil rights journalism.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf editorial headquarters
newspaper office
publishing headquarters
associatedField abolitionism
civil rights movement
journalism
associatedMovement African American civil rights movement
antislavery movement
associatedPerson Frederick Douglass
associatedWith Frederick Douglass
category African American newspapers
abolitionist press
city Washington, D.C.
continent North America
country United States
editorialFocus African American citizenship rights
ending slavery in the United States
political reform
racial equality
editorInChief Frederick Douglass
function distribution of antislavery writings
platform for African American voices
production of newspapers
historicalRole platform for antislavery advocacy
platform for post–Civil War civil rights advocacy
languageOfPublication English
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
medium print newspaper
notableFor African American press history
abolitionist editorials
antislavery journalism
civil rights journalism
owner Frederick Douglass
politicalAlignment abolitionist movement
civil rights advocacy
primaryUse journalism
newspaper editing
newspaper publishing
region District of Columbia
significance center of Frederick Douglass's Washington-based publishing activities
hub for dissemination of Douglass's speeches and writings

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Helen Pitts Douglass
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