Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Gerrit Smith (1797-1874)
1874
Photograph byWilliam Kurtz
Gerrit Smith was a wealthy New York abolition financier, politician, and humanitarian. He was an advocate for African Americans and offered over a 1000 acres of land in the Adirondack region of New York to free blacks and fugitive slaves of good character. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was his first cousin.
Paper. L 22.1, W 17.5 cm
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, FRDO 1986



Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) 1874 Photograph byWilliam Kurtz Gerrit Smith was a wealthy New York abolition financier, politician, and humanitarian. He was an advocate for African Americans and offered over a 1000 acres of land in the Adirondack region of New York to free blacks and fugitive slaves of good character. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was his first cousin. Paper. L 22.1, W 17.5 cm Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, FRDO 1986
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