| LC control no. | n 97066461 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Douglass, Anna Murray, 1813-1882 |
| Variant(s) | Bailey, Anna Murray, 1813-1882 Douglass, Anna Murray, d. 1882 Murray, Anna, 1813-1882 Murray-Douglass, Anna, 1813-1882 |
| Other standard no. | 60830879 Q4767364 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1813-10-19 |
| Death date | 1882-08-04 |
| Place of birth | Caroline County (Md.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | Antislavery movements--United States |
| Affiliation | Underground Railway (Organization) |
| Profession or occupation | Household employees Abolitionists |
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| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Douglass, F. Papers, 1841-1967 (Douglass, Anna Murray, d. 1882; b. Anna Murray; 1st wife of orator and diplomat Frederick Douglass; married 1838, same yr. her husband escaped from slavery and chgd. his name from Bailey to Douglass) African American National Biography, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Douglass, Anna Murray; antislavery activist, and Underground Railroad agent; born 19 October 1813 Near Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States; worked as a domestic servant in Baltimore; despite her own illiteracy, she became involved in a community known as the East Baltimore Improvement Society; helped her future husband Frederick Bailey (Douglass) to escape from slavery and then married him (1838); The Douglass homestead in Rocehster was also a station on the Underground Railroad, and she did everything possible, including providing food and bedding, to make the fugitives comfortable at her home; died 04 August 1882 near Washington, District of Columbia, United States, Cedar Hill) Wikipedia, May 18, 2020: Anna Murray-Douglass (Anna Murray-Dougalss; born 1813 in Denton, Maryland; dies August 4, 1882 in Washington, D.C.; American abolitionist; member of the Underground Railroad; wife of Frederick Douglass) |
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