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Irish women's fight against slavery during the Great Famine

Irish women's fight against slavery during the Great Famine

Throughout his visit to Ireland, many females rallied to help former slave Frederick Douglass in his campaign for abolition, writes Robert Hume.

Wed, 12 Sep, 2018

The great abolitionist Douglass and Cork’s Apostle of Temperance

The great abolitionist Douglass and Cork’s Apostle of Temperance

Escaped slave Frederick Douglass was made welcome in Cork, but he later fell out with our own Apostle of Temperance, writes Laurence Fenton

Fri, 28 Feb, 2014