{"product_id":"frederick-douglass-in-galt-david-menary-9781304991478","title":"Frederick Douglass in Galt","description":"Before the American Civil War, and almost a decade before Confederation, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass visited Galt (present-day Cambridge, Ontario), and Ayr, Canada West. It was mid-December 1857, and he lectured about \"The Brotherhood of Nations.\" Douglass was a familiar figure on the lecture circuit, having helped many fugitive slaves flee to Canada through the Underground Railroad. Although Douglass had been a close associate of radical abolitionist John Brown, he also developed a friendship with President Abraham Lincoln that lasted until Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth. The lecture series that winter in Galt included other well-known speakers, but all other speeches were free to the residents of the town, except for the Douglass lecture, for which there was a 12-and-a-half cent admission charge. Proceeds helped defray travel costs for Douglass, and fund his anti-slavery newspaper in Rochester, N.Y. When he died in 1895, he was one of the best-known men in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Menary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1304991474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781304991478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"David Menary","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438440165631,"sku":"9781304991478","price":11.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8efc453-8cfe-4a62-9cde-7828767ae593.jpg?v=1777171059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frederick-douglass-in-galt-david-menary-9781304991478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}