Beaverton is a city of just under 100 000 people found just outside of Portland. Duncan sent me a card from the series Bibliophila  and its a quote from Frederick Douglas.  Frederick Douglas was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He had to escape from slavery in Maryland and became a national leader of the abolitionist m ovement. He believed in dialogue to convince others that slavery was wrong and that former slaves should have rights.  He became the first African-American to be nominated for vice-president of the United States, and was the running mate for Victoria Woodhull, for the Equal Rights Party. Douglass, however, did not play an active role in the campaign.  Douglass was appointed Minister-Resident to Haiti by President Benjamin Harrison in 1889.