ON THE EVE OF HIS MARRIAGE TO HELEN PITTS (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) DOUGLASS,...

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ON THE EVE OF HIS MARRIAGE TO HELEN PITTS (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) DOUGLASS, FREDERICK. Sulfur Bitters, the Great Blood Purifier. Chromolithographic print 7-1/8 x 9-3/8 inches; some wear and discoloration, a pencil scribble on the reverse. [Boston, circa 1888] a rare "trade card," with a not-so-subtle joke on the...

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