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Charles Remond Douglass (October 21, 1844 – November 23, 1920) was the third and youngest son of Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass.
Charles Remond Douglass (October 21, 1844 – November 23, 1920) is the third and youngest son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass. He was the first African-American man to enlist in the military in New York during the Civil War, and served as one of the first African-American clerks in the Freedmen's ...
Charles Remond Douglass (1844-1920) was the youngest son of Anna Murray Douglass (1813-1882) and Frederick Douglass. He served a distinguished military career as a combat soldier first in the 54th Massachusetts regiment and then in the 5th Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry.
In a 1917 manuscript shown here, entitled 'Incidents in the home life of Frederick Douglass', Charles Remond Douglass chronicles the life of Frederick Douglass not as a former enslaved person, nor a professional orator, but as a father. On page 11 Charles Remond writes:
On the one-hundred year anniversary of his father’s birth, Charles Remond Douglass told untold stories of the ‘sacrifices of my father’s family’ in a speech. The speech, titled, ‘Some Incidents of the Home Life of Frederick Douglass,’ is excerpted here below.
A lesser-seen side of Frederick Douglass is revealed in this personal letter written to his youngest son, Charles Remond (whom he addresses: 'My dear Charley'). Dated 7 October 1893, it was written by Douglass when he served as the Haiti representative at the World's Colombian Exposition in Chicago. In the short letter, Frederick Douglass ...
Oct 3, 2013 · Although most of Charles's children did not live to adulthood, the famous violinist Joseph Henry Douglass, was among those who did—as did Haley George Douglass, who became a teacher at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., and later the mayor of Highland Beach.
