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Douglass meets Anna Murray, and together they plot his daring escape to the North with Douglass disguised as a seaman. Once in New York, they reunite and marry.
To highlight the role that Anna Murray played in the life of her husband Frederick Douglass, Ms. Murray’s plum-colored wedding gown was recreated for an event held on the couple’s 184th ...
Her name was Anna, and she financed Frederick Douglass' freedom out of slavery. A recreation of her wedding dress is on display in St. Augustine. To stream FCN on your phone, you need the FCN app.
Her name was Anna, and she financed Frederick Douglass' freedom out of slavery. A recreation of her wedding dress is on display in St. Augustine.
Guests wear several outfits in shades of white to an event held on the 184th anniversary of the wedding of Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass in New York, Sept. 15, 2022.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The wife and daughter of abolitionist and Rochesterian Frederick Douglass are finally being memorialized. Anna Murray Douglass and her daughter, Annie, will have ...
Without Anna Murray Douglass, Frederick Douglass may have never escaped slavery. Her legacy is intertwined with her husband’s. The life and legacy of Anna Murray Douglass, wife of abolitionist ...
Becoming Frederick Douglass: Anna Murray For decades, Douglass was the most famous Black person in the world. More Americans heard him speak than any other contemporary, with the possible ...
Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, then threw weight behind the Republicans ...
Douglass` great-great-great grandson Kenneth B. Morris Jr. spoke at the event, giving insight into his connection to Frederick and Anna Murray-Douglass and their life’s work.
[Bonner] The church made possible a lot of Frederick Douglass's life, it made it possible for him to meet Anna Murray and meeting Anna Murray was really what made it possible for Douglass to get free.
Without Anna Murray Douglass, Frederick Douglass may have never escaped slavery. Her legacy is intertwined with her husband’s. The life and legacy of Anna Murray Douglass, wife of abolitionist ...