LADIES’ MEETING IN LYNN FOR THE RECEPTION OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
A great and enthusiastic meeting was held at Lyceum Hall, in Lynn, on Sunday evening, May 1, for the reception of Frederick Douglass on his return from Europe. Mr. Douglass gave a very interesting delineation of his tour, and of his welcome reception in all places where he visited. He was listened to with great admiration and his interesting remarks, and his surprising bursts of eloquence, were received with unbounded applause. The meeting was assembled, and the expenses of the Hall paid for by the ladies of Lynn, in honor of the speaker, and to their own great praise and credit in the cause of human rights. The two following odes, written for the occasion, were sung by the Barker family, in their best style, and were received with the highest approbation: ODE ON THE RECEPTION OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, THE EMANCIPATED SLAVE, By Alonzo Lewis
ANTI-SLAVERY ODE By Alonzo Lewis
(Liberator, May 7, 1847. Pg 3)
