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Vor 5 Tagen · His new wife was named Helen Pitts, a much younger white woman. When Frederick Douglass died in February of 1895 at the age of 77, people across the country mourned his passing, and thousands came to pay their respects at his funeral in Washington, DC. I asked David Blight why Frederick Douglass started feeling adrift in his later years.
2. Juli 2024 · Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist, abolitionist, editor, and historical association founder. She was also known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass, making her half of one of the first and most famous interracial marriages in the United States.
1. Juli 2024 · They had several children together. His second wife was Helen Pitts Douglass, whom he married in 1884 after his first wife passed. She was a cousin to presidents John and John Quincy Adams and was Douglass's personal secretary. He didn't talk about his first wife [Anna Murray Douglass] much in his writings. He was very private about ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Check out this great listen on Audible.com. [REBROADCAST FROM February 26, 2021] We wrap up February’s installment of the "Full Bio" series with a look at the last years of Frederick Douglass’s life, including his experience as minister and consul general to Haiti. Historian ...
17. Juni 2024 · The tragic end of Assing’s life, juxtaposed with Douglass’s subsequent second marriage to Helen Pitts, a white suffragist and abolitionist, highlights the intricate interplay of personal and societal tensions.
Vor 4 Tagen · Douglass’s compelling imagination and desire for change resonated with Reaven, serving as an example of how modern society should approach social justice issues and continue its push toward a...
22. Juni 2024 · His last years were a time of domestic harmony spent with Helen Pitts, his second wife, a white activist who worked in his office when Douglass was Washington's appointed registrar of deeds....
