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March 17th

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  1. 1877
    The Rise

    Frederick Douglass confirmed as U.S. Marshal

    The U.S. Senate confirms Frederick Douglass as United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, the first Black American in the office. He later serves as Recorder of Deeds and, in 1889, as U.S. Minister Resident and Consul General to Haiti.

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