Douglass
Americannoun
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Frederick, 1817–95, African American activist, abolitionist, author, and orator, born into slavery.
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a male given name.
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Nearby, is a large poster, with text penned by famed slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass, that was carried in a 1863 parade during the Civil War that calls "Men of Color, To Arms! To Arms!"
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The author also notes a telling detail: Abolitionists such as Douglass often chose to speak on July 5, not the Fourth itself, regarding the official celebration as compromised, even profane.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Other American paragons of virtue who were publicly opposed at the time: William Lloyd Garrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Frederick Douglass.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
Stephen Douglass, chief economist at NISA, noted that Powell highlighted diminishing stagflation risks, with both upside risks to inflation and downside risks to employment easing.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
Douglass emphasized to Amy that the Fox sisters’ rapping spirits had conveniently “refused to answer” the one personal question that would have given Frederick solid proof.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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