{"id":3967,"date":"2019-05-12T22:58:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T22:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/jessica-thelen-spring-2019\/?page_id=3967"},"modified":"2026-03-04T20:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:07:57","slug":"anna-murray-douglass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/john-brown\/biographies\/anna-murray-douglass\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Murray Douglass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RADICAL BLACK ACTIVISTS AND JOHN BROWN<\/h2>\n

Anna Murray Douglass (c. 1813-1882)<\/h1>\n

Ally of John Brown and Frederick Douglass\u2019s First Wife<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A restored photograph of Anna Murray Douglass. Image courtesy of Library of Congress<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Anna Murray Douglass was born free in rural Maryland. She grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, where she met Frederick Douglass (at that time Frederick Washington Bailey). Murray Douglass \u201cfacilitated [Douglass\u2019] second escape attempt by providing money and a sailor\u2019s disguise\u201d [1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upon escaping to New York, the couple married. They then settled \u201cin two rooms on \u2018M\u2019 Street overlooking Buzzard\u2019s Bay in New Bedford, Massachusetts.\u201d It was here that the couple took on the surname Douglass [2]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1847, Murray Douglass, Douglass, and their children moved to Rochester, New York. There, Murray Douglass hosted Brown \u201cfor over a month\u2026while he sought refuge from authorities regarding his acts in Missouri.\u201d In 1858, Brown stayed at the Douglass home and began to plan the Harpers Ferry Raid and drafted his \u201cProvisional Constitution\u201d [3]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Murray Douglass passed away on August 4, 1882, at the Douglass\u2019 home, Cedar Hill, near Washington D.C. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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References<\/h3>\n

[1]<\/a> Yee, Shirley. \u201cAnna Murray Douglass (c. 1813-1882),” Black Past,\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/african-american-history\/douglass-anna-murray-c-1813-1882\/.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Bennett, Lerone Jr. Pioneers in Protest.\u00a0<\/i>University of Michigan Press, 1969, p.<\/span> 200.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[3] <\/a>Jackson, Kellie Carter.\u00a0Force And Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence.<\/i> University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020, p. 116.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Yee, Shirley. \u201cAnna Murray Douglass (c. 1813-1882),” Black Past,\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/african-american-history\/douglass-anna-murray-c-1813-1882\/.<\/p>\n

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