{"id":1751,"date":"2018-04-27T14:03:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T14:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/mobilitymigration1855\/?page_id=1751"},"modified":"2025-04-13T14:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T18:32:31","slug":"william-douglass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegates\/william-douglass\/","title":{"rendered":"William Douglass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;5px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#801325&#8243; inner_width=&#8221;auto&#8221; inner_max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|29px|0px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;PAGE TITLE&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25.4&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-century Conventions<\/h2>\n<h1>William Douglass<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Reverend William Douglass was a man passionate about education, peace, and racial acceptance in the greater religious community. He was born free in Baltimore, Maryland, around 1804[note]Ancestry.com, \u201c1850 United States Federal Census Record,\u201d accessed March 13, 2013;Ancestry.com, \u201c1860 United States Federal Census Record,\u201d accessed March 13, 2013.[\/note] and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1862.[note]E.D., \u201cOBITUARY\u201d (The Christian Recorder: Philadelphia, PA, May 31, 1862), accessed March 15, 2013 from the African American Newspapers Database.[\/note] Douglass was educated at St. James\u2019 Church day school in Baltimore, Maryland, where he learned Greek, Hebrew, and Latin.[note]Bragg, George Freeman, History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church (Church Advocate Press: Baltimore, 1922), accessed March 22, 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=j5zVAAAAMAAJ&amp;rdid=book-j5zVAAAAMAAJ&amp;rdot=1\">Link<\/a>, 95.[\/note] In Baltimore, he became the first Black man ordained as a deacon in the Methodist church in 1834.[note]Ibid, 96.[\/note] He moved that same year to Philadelphia, where he served at The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas and was officially ordained by Bishop H.U. Onderdonk in 1836.[note]Ibid, 78, 187.[\/note] Douglass married twice\u2014first to Elizabeth,[note]Ancestry.com, \u201c1850 United States Federal Census Record.\u201d[\/note] and then Sarah M. Douglass.[note]Ancestry.com, \u201c1860 United States Federal Census Record.\u201d[\/note] He settled into the community and remained the pastor at St. Thomas until his death in 1862.[note]\u201c17 Rectors of The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas\u201d[\/note]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/mobilitymigration1855\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Panorama-from-Philadelphia-State-House-steeple-1838.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; inner_width=&#8221;auto&#8221; inner_max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.77)&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; module_class=&#8221; et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|2em||2em&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Gallery&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1751 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/Annals-of-the-First-African-Church-in-The-United-States-of-America-now-styled-The-African-Episcopal-Church-of-St.-Thomas-Philadelphia.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/Annals-of-the-First-African-Church-in-The-United-States-of-America-now-styled-The-African-Episcopal-Church-of-St.-Thomas-Philadelphia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Scan of the cover page of Annals of the First African Church\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/Annals-of-the-First-African-Church-in-The-United-States-of-America-now-styled-The-African-Episcopal-Church-of-St.-Thomas-Philadelphia.jpg 671w, https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/Annals-of-the-First-African-Church-in-The-United-States-of-America-now-styled-The-African-Episcopal-Church-of-St.-Thomas-Philadelphia-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1980'>\n\t\t\t\tDouglass, William (of Philadelphia, PA), &#8220;Annals of the First African Church, in The United States of America, now styled The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia,,&#8221; in Double Consciousness in the Early Republic: The Free Black Community in Philadelphia, Item #37.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/William_Douglass.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"908\" src=\"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/William_Douglass.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Black and white photo portrait of Rev. William Douglass\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/William_Douglass.jpg 588w, https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/William_Douglass-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2711'>\n\t\t\t\tG.F. Bragg, The First Negro Priest on Southern Soil (Baltimore, Church Advocate Press, 1909) p. 16\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; inner_width=&#8221;auto&#8221; inner_max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.48&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.4&#8243; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93&#8243; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; 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At the time of his death, Douglass had nine children, all of whom were enrolled in school at some point during their lives.[note]Ancestry.com, \u201c1860 United States Federal Census Record\u201d; E.D., \u201cOBITUARY.\u201d[\/note] His own children exemplify his belief in the power of education, as shown by four of his older daughters (Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, and Caroline) who were employed as dressmakers in 1860.[note]Ancestry.com, \u201c1860 United States Federal Census Record.\u201d[\/note] Even after his death, Douglass\u2019s children took up independent trades, rather than becoming domestic servants.<\/p>\n<p>Douglass was well-known in his community, but he nearly disappears from the record after his death. He published a book on the history of his church called<em> The Annals of the First African Church in the United States of America<\/em>,[note]Douglass, William, <em>The Annals of the First African Church in the United States of America<\/em> (King &amp; Baird, printers: Philadelphia, 1862), accessed March 16, 2013, https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=BpUF9KVEGyQC.[\/note] and he was known for composing many letters to his congregation.[note]\u201c17 Rectors of The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas.\u201d[\/note] His involvement in the Episcopalian church likely led to silences in the record. Douglass believed in peace, above all, and he participated in organizations such as the Anti-Slavery Society.[note]McCrummell, James, \u201cFor Frederick Douglass&#8217; Paper Anti-Colonization and Anti-Nebraska Meeting\u201d (<em>Frederick Douglass&#8217;<\/em> Paper: New York, VII: 16, April 7, 1854) accessed March 23 2013, 4, http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=12C59ADF3647A140&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0D3A241258B62B2A.[\/note] Douglass wrote, \u201cHow important it is for christians [sic] at all times to give heed to the admonition\u2014\u201cPRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.\u201d[note]Douglass, William, <em>The Annals of the First African Church in the United States of America<\/em>.[\/note] Though Douglass believed in peace, in general, he was very active in working toward equality and representation in the Episcopalian church, particularly at the yearly conventions.[note]Ibid., 160-9.[\/note] The fact that he was ultimately unsuccessful in petitioning the diocese for representation, contributes to silences in the record.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; inner_width=&#8221;auto&#8221; inner_max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Credits Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.1&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Credits<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Credits Content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Wright, English 634, Spring 2013. Taught by Professor P. Gabrielle Foreman, University of Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>Edited by Jake Alspaugh, ENGL 641, Spring 2016. Taught by P. Gabrielle Foreman, University of Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;References Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.1&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-century Conventions William Douglass Reverend William Douglass was a man passionate about education, peace, and racial acceptance in the greater religious community. 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