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Frederick Douglass
“Glory”.
Miss Barton gained the trust of African Americans, and supported their achievements..
Clara Barton first learned of the International Red Cross while in France in 1870 during the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. Following her return to the United States, she lobbied and lectured for years to convince the public and Congress of the importance of the Red Cross.
One of her diary entries from that time notes, “still depressed, invited to lunch with Frederick Douglass at Mrs. Taylor’s. I ask their opinion of my course, all decided I should go.”
When Frederick Douglass was appointed U.S. Marshall for the District of Columbia in 1877, Miss Barton wrote him a congratulatory letter saying, “All the hours since I knew of
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