Anna Murray Douglass
Editat de Celeste-Marie Bernieren Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 iul 2026
This book is the first ever annotated and edited collection of the over one hundred surviving letters, essays, speeches, biographies and memorials created by and dedicated to the heroic life and legacy of Black revolutionary, Anna Murray Douglass. In over two hundred illustrations, we see the people, places, and events that made her world. A Freedom-fighter. Underground Railroad liberator. Human rights activist. Antislavery agitator. Civil rights protester. Educator. Radical campaigner. Revolutionary Strategist. Family builder. Household manager. Financial advisor. Business leader. Laborer. Orator. Political philosopher. Gardener. Foodways specialist. Hospitalities manager. Fashion Designer. Textiles artist. Guardian. Carer. Healer. Community organizer. Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mother. Grandmother. Anna Murray Douglass changed nineteenth-century U.S. history. She did not work alone. Anna Murray Douglass fought on all of "freedom's battlegrounds" side by side with Frederick Douglass, her husband, Rosetta Douglass Sprague and Annie Douglass, their daughters, and Lewis Henry Douglass, Frederick Dougalss, Jr., and Charles Remond Douglass, their sons. Over the centuries, the entire Douglass family and all their descendants live their lives by Anna Murray Douglass' rallying cry, "Why not I endure hardship that my race may be free?"
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399533324
ISBN-10: 1399533320
Pagini: 696
Dimensiuni: 197 x 255 x 42 mm
Greutate: 1.46 kg
Editura: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
ISBN-10: 1399533320
Pagini: 696
Dimensiuni: 197 x 255 x 42 mm
Greutate: 1.46 kg
Editura: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Descriere
This book is the first ever annotated and edited collection of the over one hundred surviving letters, essays, speeches, biographies and memorials created by and dedicated to the heroic life and legacy of Black revolutionary, Anna Murray Douglass.
Notă biografică
Celeste-Marie Bernier holds a Personal Chair in United States and Atlantic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Among her works are over twenty single and coauthored books and scholarly editions. She is a Senior Advisor at Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives and an Honorary Member of the Frederick Douglass Honor Society. She lives in Carlisle, UK.
Cuprins
Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass Family Tree xx
Author’s Note: Douglass Family Lives, Douglass Family Lives xxii
A Reflection of Family, Resilience, Strength, and Love / Nettie Washington Douglass xxix
A Letter Addressed to All Who Stand on the Shoulders of Anna Murray Douglass / Kenneth B. Morris Jr. xxxv
My New Douglass Family / Charles Randolph-Wright xli
A Note / Dr. Walter O. Evans xliii
Foreword to Douglass Revolutionary Family Biographies / Dr. Bill E. Lawson and Dr. Gabriella Beckles-Raymond xlv
Ann Murray Douglass: Biography of a Revolutionary
1. A Revolutionary’s Heroic Life 1
2. A Revolutionary Family’s Heroic Lives 13
3. A Family’s Hidden History of United Labor 31
4. The Murray Family Lives 49
5. A Daughter and Her Father 55
6. The Murray Family’s Certificates of Freedom 61
7. A Victim Fights the Slave Power 67
8. Laborers, Liberators, and Lovers 73
9. Frederick Douglass’s Self-Liberation Leader 85
10. A New Plum-Colored Silk Wedding Gown 93
11. Family Activism and Agitation 99
12. Underground Railroad Family Liberators 111
13. A Worker, Organizer, and Builder 125
14. My Anna Says “Come Home” 139
15. A Family’s War on Black-Phobia 153
16. A Family’s Antislavery Newspapers 163
17. A Black Female Liberation Coalition 179
18. Mother Has Written to Her Sister-Friend 191
19. A Black Female Declaration of Independence 207
20. A Human Rights Freedom Fighter 215
21. A First Agent on the Underground Railroad 227
22. “Mrs. Douglass and Daughter” and John Brown 245
23. The Youngest Family Freedom Fighter Dies 255
24. United Child and Adult Power 269
25. An Artist, Educator, and Pioneer 279
26. Sons Fight on the Civil War Battlefront 289
27. A Self-Made Family 307
28. Rosetta Douglass Sprague’s Rising Generation 317
29. Frederick Douglass Jr’s Rising Generation 341
30. Charles Redmond Douglass’s Rising Generation 353
31. A Leader, Advocate, and Protester 373
32. A Family’s War on the Ku Klux Spirit 381
33. A Wide and Husband Battle Oppression 387
34. Grandparents Battle Slavery’s Footprints 393
35. Pain into Power in a Revolutionary’s Portraits 409
36. A Revolutionary’s Last Illness and Death 433
37. A Heroic Leader’s Funeral 441
38. Mother Held Us Together 453
39. A Mother’s Family Monument 467
40. A Family Revolutionary in Loving and Living Memory 493
41. Never Forget the Name Anna 515
42. A Family Among Families 531
43. Anna Murray Douglass as We Recall Her 541
Afterword: The Family Douglass and New Directions in Research / Dr. Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins 555
Letter of Gratitude 559
Notes 569
Bibliography 651
Index 665
Author’s Note: Douglass Family Lives, Douglass Family Lives xxii
A Reflection of Family, Resilience, Strength, and Love / Nettie Washington Douglass xxix
A Letter Addressed to All Who Stand on the Shoulders of Anna Murray Douglass / Kenneth B. Morris Jr. xxxv
My New Douglass Family / Charles Randolph-Wright xli
A Note / Dr. Walter O. Evans xliii
Foreword to Douglass Revolutionary Family Biographies / Dr. Bill E. Lawson and Dr. Gabriella Beckles-Raymond xlv
Ann Murray Douglass: Biography of a Revolutionary
1. A Revolutionary’s Heroic Life 1
2. A Revolutionary Family’s Heroic Lives 13
3. A Family’s Hidden History of United Labor 31
4. The Murray Family Lives 49
5. A Daughter and Her Father 55
6. The Murray Family’s Certificates of Freedom 61
7. A Victim Fights the Slave Power 67
8. Laborers, Liberators, and Lovers 73
9. Frederick Douglass’s Self-Liberation Leader 85
10. A New Plum-Colored Silk Wedding Gown 93
11. Family Activism and Agitation 99
12. Underground Railroad Family Liberators 111
13. A Worker, Organizer, and Builder 125
14. My Anna Says “Come Home” 139
15. A Family’s War on Black-Phobia 153
16. A Family’s Antislavery Newspapers 163
17. A Black Female Liberation Coalition 179
18. Mother Has Written to Her Sister-Friend 191
19. A Black Female Declaration of Independence 207
20. A Human Rights Freedom Fighter 215
21. A First Agent on the Underground Railroad 227
22. “Mrs. Douglass and Daughter” and John Brown 245
23. The Youngest Family Freedom Fighter Dies 255
24. United Child and Adult Power 269
25. An Artist, Educator, and Pioneer 279
26. Sons Fight on the Civil War Battlefront 289
27. A Self-Made Family 307
28. Rosetta Douglass Sprague’s Rising Generation 317
29. Frederick Douglass Jr’s Rising Generation 341
30. Charles Redmond Douglass’s Rising Generation 353
31. A Leader, Advocate, and Protester 373
32. A Family’s War on the Ku Klux Spirit 381
33. A Wide and Husband Battle Oppression 387
34. Grandparents Battle Slavery’s Footprints 393
35. Pain into Power in a Revolutionary’s Portraits 409
36. A Revolutionary’s Last Illness and Death 433
37. A Heroic Leader’s Funeral 441
38. Mother Held Us Together 453
39. A Mother’s Family Monument 467
40. A Family Revolutionary in Loving and Living Memory 493
41. Never Forget the Name Anna 515
42. A Family Among Families 531
43. Anna Murray Douglass as We Recall Her 541
Afterword: The Family Douglass and New Directions in Research / Dr. Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins 555
Letter of Gratitude 559
Notes 569
Bibliography 651
Index 665