Frederick Douglass Jr.
Frederick Douglass Jr. | |
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 Frederick Douglass Jr. c. 1862 | |
| Born | March 3, 1842 |
| Died | July 26, 1892 (aged 50) Washington, D.C., US |
| Other names | Fred Douglass Jr. |
| Occupation(s) | Printer, Editor, Typesetter |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) | Frederick Douglass Anna Murray Douglass |
| Relatives | Douglass family |
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass Jr. (March 3, 1842 – July 26, 1892) was the second son of
Early life
Douglass was the third eldest of five children born to the
Military service
During the American Civil War, Douglass joined his father as a recruiter of
Career
Douglass was a printer and editor, having learned these skills while working as an apprentice on his father's newspaper
Personal life
On August 4, 1869, Virginia Hewlett Douglass and Frederick Douglass, Jr. married in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3][4] Together they had seven children: Fredrick Aaron Douglass (1870–1886), Virginia Anna Douglass (1871–1872), Lewis Emmanuel Douglass (c.1874–1875), Maud Ardell Douglass (1877–1877), Gertrude Pearl Douglass (1883–1887), Robert Smalls Douglass (1886–1910), Charles Paul Douglass (1879–1895).[3] Five predeceased their parents, four dying in infancy and early childhood, and only Robert survived past the age of sixteen, dying however at twenty-four as well.
Death
Frederick Douglass Jr. died on July 26, 1892, and was initially interred at Graceland Cemetery, beside his wife Virginia Hewlett who had preceded him in death on December 14, 1889.[5] This later changed with the closing of Graceland Cemetery in 1894; the remains were exhumed and removed to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Benning Ridge section of Washington, D.C.
Regarding his application for a clerkship in the office of the Recorder of Deeds
The following represents correspondence between Frederick Douglass jr., and District of Columbia Register of Deeds, Simon Wolf. It goes on to describe content of the cover letter accompanying his application for a clerkship within that office.
"Yesterday Simon Wolf, Esq., the newly appointed register of deeds, received the following letter from Frederick Douglass, jr., a brother of Mr. [Charles] Douglass, at the Government office (and not the 'colored printer at the Government office,' as erroneously stated in the 'Star of yesterday). The letter will be read with interest at this time:"
Washington, D.C., May 21, 1869.
Simon Wolf, Esq., Register of Deeds:
DEAR SIR: I have the honor to request an appointment as clerk in the office of which you have the distinguished honor to be the head. I belong to that despised class which has not been known in the field of applicants for position under the Government heretofore. I served my country during the war, under the colors of Massachusetts, my own native State, and am the son of a man (Frederick Douglass) who was once held in a bondage protected by the laws of this nation; a nation, the perpetuity of which, with many others of my race, I struggled to maintain. I am by trade a printer, but in consequence of combinations entered into by printers' unions throughout the country, I am unable to obtain employment at it. I therefore hope that you will give this, my application, the most favorable consideration.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, JR.
The following is the official reply:
RECORDER'S OFFICE
Washington, D.C., May 21, 1869.
Your application is before me, and has received favorable consideration. I see no reason in the world why you or your race should not have the full countenance in the struggle for progress and education, and I am particularly happy in being the means of encouraging you; for, as a descendant of a race equally maligned and prejudged, I have a feeling of common cause; and who can foresee but what the stone the builders reject may become the head stone of our political and social structure.
Very respectfully,
S. Wolf
Citations
- ^ Blight 2018, p. 450.
- ^ Blight 2018, p. 391.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4744-3973-2.
- ISBN 978-0-7950-1414-7.
- ^ "Mortuary Matters". Newspapers.com. Democrat and Chronicle. 22 December 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
General sources
- OCLC 1057342963.
Further reading
- OCLC 859290239.
- Reprinted as The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Charles River Editors. 2018. OCLC 1124446426.
- Reprinted as The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Charles River Editors. 2018.
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Anti-Slavery Office, 1845.
External links
- Frederick Douglass' family and the roots of social justice
- Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia
- "New Dawn for Freedom"—An exhibition at the Univ. of Cal. Santa Barbara Multicultural Center
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