Anna murray douglass biography
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Anna Murray Douglass (c. —4 Aug. ), wife of Frederick Douglass, antislavery activist, and Underground Railroad agent, was born free as Anna Murray in Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, the eighth child of Bambarra and Mary Murray, both slaves, who were freed one month prior to Anna's birth. When Anna Murray was seventeen years old, she traveled to Baltimore to work as a domestic servant, first for the Montell family, and two years later for the Wells family. Despite her own illiteracy, she became involved in a community known as the East Baltimore Improvement Society, which provided intellectual and social opportunities for the city's free black population.
In Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (Douglass), a slave, was hired out to work as a house servant and then as a caulker in Baltimore's shipyards. He remained in Baltimore until , during which time Murray and Bailey became acquainted, probably through the Improvement Society. Alth
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Anna Murray Douglass
American abolitionist (–)
"Anna Murray" redirects here. For American lawyer and präst, see Pauli Murray.
Anna Murray Douglass ( – August 4, ) was an American abolitionist, member of the Underground Railroad, and the first wife of American social reformer and statesman Frederick Douglass, from to her death.
Early life
[edit]Anna Murray was born in Denton, Maryland, to Bambar(r)aa and Mary Murray.[1][2] Unlike her seven older brothers and sisters, who were born in slavery, Anna Murray and her younger kvartet siblings were born free,[2] her parents having been manumitted just a month before her birth.[3] A resourceful ung woman, bygd the age of 17 she had established herself as a laundress and housekeeper.[2] Her laundry work took her to the docks, where she met Frederick Douglass,b who was then working as a caulker.[2]
Marriage
[edit]Further information: Douglass family
Murray's freedom
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Anna Murray-Douglass
Anna Murray-Douglass (Denton, c. — Washington, D.C., 4 de agosto de ) foi uma abolicionistaestadunidense, participante da Underground Railroad, mais conhecida por ter sido a primeira esposa do líder negro Frederick Douglass.
Sua vida ilustra as dificuldades das mulheres que se casam com figuras públicas e famosas e acabam se distanciando do cônjuge.[1]
Biografia
[editar | editar código-fonte]Seus pais Mary e Bambarra[nota 1] eram escravos na zona rural do Condado de Caroline em Maryland[2] que, pouco antes do seu nascimento foram alforriados, de forma que ela já nasceu livre apesar de viver num estado escravocrata.[1]
Ela passou a viver em Baltimore onde cresceu,[1] trabalhando como empregada doméstica.[3] Ali conheceu, de forma que a história não registrou claramente como isto se deu, o jovem calafate Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, ainda escravo e seis anos mais novo que ela, a quem facilitou a segunda e bem sucedida tentativa de