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From: Philadelphia Tribune, The
Date: 20000208
Author:Scott, Donald

Scott, Donald
Philadelphia Tribune, The
02-08-2000
Civil War angered Frederick Douglass

By Donald Scott

Special to the Tribune

When Frederick Douglass, the great African-American orator and
abolitionist, entered the grounds of Camp William Penn in what's now
Cheltenham Township's community of LaMott in July of 1863, he became quite
upset about the discouraging words of a white officer and a very disturbing
sight.

As the legendary Black leader - about 45 years old then and the most
outspoken supporter of recruiting Black men for the armed forces during the
Civil War - prepared to speak, he glared at "a ...

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