Douglass
Frederick, 1817–95, African American activist, abolitionist, author, and orator, born into slavery.
a male given name.
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Of the recommendations, Douglass said mental health resources and use-of-force policies should be the county’s top priorities.
External audit finds shortcomings in key areas of Montgomery County policing | Stephanie Lai | June 30, 2021 | Washington PostTake a walk around historic downtown Douglass, which even has a park honoring the Dunes Resort founders who turned the area into an LGBTQ destination.
In Douglass and Washington Highlands, fewer than 300 people have.
D.C. revises rules, will open vaccines to young people with health problems March 1 | Julie Zauzmer | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostLincoln shared with Douglass, Oakes emphasizes, an abiding belief in the abolition movement’s core principle of fundamental human equality.
Working to end slavery, Lincoln found power — and limits — in the Constitution | Elizabeth R. Varon | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostDouglass and Lincoln both hated slavery, but “they hated it in different ways,” as Oakes has cogently put it.
Working to end slavery, Lincoln found power — and limits — in the Constitution | Elizabeth R. Varon | January 22, 2021 | Washington Post
The first—and it turns out, only—stop was Douglass Academy, a new charter school in downtown Wilmington.
At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’ | ProPublica | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnder state law, charter schools must have at least 65 students enrolled, but Douglass Academy was well below that.
At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’ | ProPublica | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the meantime, Douglass had pulled into a lower parking lot to start an 11 p.m.-to-7 a.m. shift.
Manhunt for a Cop-Hating Pennsylvania ‘Survivalist’ | Michael Daly | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDouglass was Medevaced to a hospital in Scranton, where he was stabilized.
Manhunt for a Cop-Hating Pennsylvania ‘Survivalist’ | Michael Daly | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat woman, an island hero, Betto Douglas, may have been a relative of the famous American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass.
Robert Douglass, Jr., for many years, has kept a study and gallery of painting and daguerreotype in the city of Philadelphia.
Mr. Douglass is highly respected as a citizen and gentleman in Rochester.
You know Frederick Douglass acted upon some such principle when his master attempted to whip him.
Questionable Shapes | William Dean HowellsCaptain Douglass thought, from the curve of the earth, that they could not be less than eighteen hundred feet in height.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftCaptain Douglass made observations for the latitude of the place, and determined it to be in north latitude 46 52 2.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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