Haitian Pavilion (World's Columbian Exposition)

CTL-E-2350 · Institution · museum · 1893

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Haiti's national pavilion at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, built in Chicago's Jackson Park; dedicated January 2, 1893, with Frederick Douglass's 'Lecture on Haiti,' and used by Douglass and Ida B. Wells as offices for civil-rights advocacy during the fair.

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Also known as: Haiti building 1893

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Haitian Pavilion dedication (World's Columbian Exposition) — held at → this record

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Exhibit City News, 'A Glimpse at Tradeshow History (January)'
Port of Harlem, 'Frederick Douglass' Lecture on Haiti' (Apr 2024)

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