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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George happily describes “Songs of Douglass & Littell” as a passion project.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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
Countless other shows went on to use the technique, with Charlie Douglass soon becoming the undisputed “master of laughter.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Chet Douglass, leaning against the side of the Prize Table, continued to blow musical figures for his own enlightenment.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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