In what the Washington Post termed "A Notable Address Delivered by the Colored Statesman," Frederick Douglass gave a speech in October 1890 before the Bethel Literary and Historical Society of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church. He strongly condemned Montgomery's stance regarding suffrage in Mississippi.
Frederick Douglass delivered a notable speech at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., which The Washington Post described as "A Notable Address Delivered by the Colored Statesman." In October 1890, he forcefully criticized Montgomery's stance on voting rights in Mississippi.