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Charles Remond Douglass (October 21, 1844 – November 23, 1920) was the third and youngest son of Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass.
1. März 2021 · Charles Douglass was born on October 21, 1844 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He was the third son of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray .
7. Juni 2023 · In 1890, a beachside resort in Maryland refused to admit Frederick Douglass’ youngest son, Charles Remond Douglass, on account of his race. The rejection came as a shock to Charles, a Civil...
16. Feb. 2024 · Born in 1844, Charles Remond Douglass joined as a private in the 54th, but he never saw combat due to a lung condition. Spending most of his time in the regiment furloughed in New York, he was erroneously reported as having deserted in the summer of 1863.
Charles Remond Douglass (1844-1920) was the youngest son of Anna Murray Douglass (1813-1882) and Frederick Douglass. He served a distinguished military career as a combat soldier first in the 54th Massachusetts regiment and then in the 5th Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry.
On the one-hundred year anniversary of his father’s birth, Charles Remond Douglass told untold stories of the ‘sacrifices of my father’s family’ in a speech. The speech, titled, ‘Some Incidents of the Home Life of Frederick Douglass,’ is excerpted here below.
Douglass was appointed by the government as an agent to recruit Black soldiers into the Union Army. In 1863 he published an appeal to this effect, with the call: 'Men of Color, To Arms!'. Douglass implored all Black men 'Better even to die free, than to live slaves'.
