Douglass, Anna Murray (1813–1882)
Douglass, Anna Murray (1813–1882)
African-American abolitionist. Name variations: Mrs. Frederick Douglass. Born Anna Murray, 1813, to slave parents Bambarra and Mary Murray; died in 1882 in Washington DC; m. Frederick Douglass (1818–1895, renowned freedom fighter and orator), Sept 15, 1838; children: Rosetta Sprague Douglass (b. 1839), Lewis H. Douglass (b. 1840), Frederick Douglass, Jr. (b. 1842), Charles Remond Douglass (b. 1844), Annie Douglass (1848–1860).
With money she had earned, helped future husband escape slavery (Sept 3, 1838); worked as an abolitionist in Lynn and Boston, Massachusetts; created a way station for runaways in the Underground Railroad in the Rochester (NY) home she shared with husband (his 2nd wife was Helen Pitts Douglass).
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