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Charles Lenox Remond Letter

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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 24 Sep 2009

Biographical History

Charles Lenox Remond (1810-1873) was born in Salem, Massachusetts into a prominent African-American family. His father John had emigrated from the Dutch colony of Curacao in 1798 and owned a successful catering business, while his mother Nancy's father was a Revolutionary War veteran. Both his parents were active abolitionists and Charles followed suit (as did his sister Sarah), speaking on the anti-slavery lecture circuit from an early age. In 1840, he gave a lecture at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London and in 1842 became the first African-American to address the Massachusetts state legislature to protest racial discrimination on railroads and steamboats; with Frederick Douglass and other black abolitionist activists, he also helped recruit African-American soldiers into the Union Army's all-black Massachusetts 54th Regiment.

[Adapted from the entry "Remond, Charles Lenox (1810-1873)" in BlackPast.org]

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Charles Lenox Remond Letter consists of a single letter in Remond's hand, dated 2 Mar 1859.

Arrangement of the Collection

Single item.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

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Use Restrictions:

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Related Material

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Subject Headings

Persons

Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873.

Subjects

Slavery, abolition, and emancipation.

Genres and Forms

Correspondence.

Occupations

Social reformers.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Charles Lenox Remond Letter,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2009.

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