A trip that Douglass took to Mount Vernon was especially memorable to his second wife. Fowler explained, “after Douglass died, it’s Helen [Pitts Douglass] who gets the idea to preserve this ...

His wife, Charlotte Louise Bridges Grimké, was an antislavery activist, poet and educator. The house, built in 1875, has undergone major renovations ordered by the current owner, who has lived ...

Frederick Douglass Was an Early Proponent of Photography. ... ’ period of enslavement from his recorded birth in 1818 until he fled to New York in 1838 with the help of his future wife Anna Murray ...

His second attempt was a success — he escaped in 1838 at age 20. ... Frederick Douglass’s lasting impact and modern relevance. More than a century after Douglass died in 1895, ...

The 1875 town house where civil rights pioneer Frederick Douglass married his second wife, Helen Pitts, in 1884 has found a buyer just days after hitting the market at $1.8 million, according to a ...

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time, Douglass ...

The life and legacy of Anna Murray Douglass, wife of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. ... Albanese was the first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years.