Douglass’ Monthly

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Title

Douglass’ Monthly

Coverage

Rochester, N.Y.

Publisher

Frederick Douglass

Date

November 1860

Subject

Volume 3, number 6

Description

Provenance: Laura Putnam, whose father, George W. Putnam, is the author of the poem “The Sacrifice” in this issue. Douglass’ Monthly replaced Frederick Douglass' Weekly Paper by mid-1860, as he increasingly focused on the impending Civil War and recruitment and acceptance of Black troops. It ended in August 1863, following an unfulfilled commitment of an army commission. Douglass’ co-editor Martin Robison Delany went on to become the highest-ranking Black field officer during the Civil War.