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them that was in marked contrast to their earlier closeness. Hurt by her husband's liaisons with other women, she nevertheless remained loyal to
Douglass's public role; her daughter Rosetta reminded those who admired her father that his "was a story made possible by the unswerving loyalty of Anna Murray."
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After the death of her youngest daughter Annie in 1860 at the age of 10, Murray
Douglass was often in poor health. In August 1874, she visited the family of Gibson Valentine, residing in the far northeastern corner of Maryland. After staying with the family for two or three days, she returned to the
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has written that "Douglass had made his life story a sort of political diorama in which she had no role". His long absences from home, and her feeling that as a relatively uneducated woman she did not fit in with the social circles
Douglass was now moving in, led to a degree of estrangement between
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Douglass believe in the possibility of his own. When he decided to escape slavery in 1838, Murray encouraged and helped him by providing Douglass with some sailor's clothing her laundry work gave her access to. She also gave him part of her savings, which she augmented by
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Douglass had made his way to Philadelphia and then New York, Murray followed him, bringing enough goods with her to be able to start a household. They were married on 15 September 1838. At first, they took Johnson as their name, but upon moving to
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Elkton
Railroad Station to catch a train. There, according to the Cecil Whig, it became generally known that she was at the Station. There was "quite a flutter" and "a great curiosity to see her was manifested", according to the newspaper.
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just a month before her birth. A resourceful young woman, by the age of 17 she had established herself as a laundress and housekeeper. Her laundry work took her to the docks, where she met
Frederick Douglass, who was then working as a
695:(Oxford University Press, 2017); contains a great deal of new information on Anna Murray Douglass and debunks the myth that Frederick Douglass had a romantic relationship with German journalist Ottilie Assing.
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Douglass was at the time still known by his birth name, Frederick Bailey. He changed his name to
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The Heroic Slave, a heartwarming
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and later prevailed upon her husband to train their sons as typesetters for his abolitionist newspaper,
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The Constitution of the United States: is it pro-slavery or anti-slavery?
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Sister days: 365 inspired moments in African-American women's history
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
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Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia
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Black women abolitionists: A study in activism, 1828-1860
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