Evening journal., 1895-02-21


peared to be little exhausted from the
climb up the steep flights Of steps leading
from the street to tho house, which is on
q high terrace. He sat down and ohatted
with his wife about the women at the con-
vention, telling of various things that had |
been said and done
Suddenly he gasped, clapped his hand to l
his heart and fell buck unconscious. A doc |
tor was hastily summoned and arrived |
within a very few moments but his Efforts |
20 revive Mr.. Douglass were hopeless from |
tho first.
Within 90 minutes after the attack the |
faint motion Of the heart ceased entirely, |
and the great ex-slave statesman was dead.
Mr.. Douglass leaves two sons and a
daughter, tho children of his first wife.
His second wife, who is a white woman,
survives him.
lIis Marriage to Miss Pitts.
The story Of this second marriage Is "a
romantic ono. Miss Helen Pitts, whom
he married, was New England woman
Of middle age clerk In the office Of the
recorder Of deeds of the District Of Colum
bia when MIR. Douglass was appointed to
that Office She was also a member Of a
literary society To which he belonged.
They were thrown much together and
finally became engaged. Her relatives OPP
posed the match bitterly on account Of his
color but finally yielded TO force Of Cir
/ cunstances. Some Of them have for soine
/ titne been living near the Douglass home
on Anacostia heights
Frederick Douglass was born near Eas-
ton. Talbot county, Nd, in february,
/ 1877. Ills mother was a negro slave, and
his father was q white man. AT the age
/ Of 10 he was sent to Baltimore where he
| learned to read and write His master al
lowed him to hire bis own time for S3
week, and he was employed in shipyard.
In September 1888, he fled from Balti-
more and made his way to Now York
! Thence he went 60 New Bedford, Mass,
| where he married and lived for two or
| three years, supporting himself by day la-
| Dor on the wharyes and in various work
| shops While there he changed his namo
to Douglass He had previously boon
called Lloyd from the name Of his old
master He was aided in his efforts for
self education by William Lloyd Garrison.
In the summer Of 1871 he attended an
antislavcry convention at Nantucket and
made a speech which was SO well received
that he was offered thu agency Of the Mus
snchusotts Antislavery society. In this
capacity hc travelled and leeturcd through
the New England states for four years
Large audiences were attracted by his
graphic descriptions Of slavery and his elo-
quent appeals AT this time he published
his first book entitled Narrative Of My
hXporiencc IN slavery.
Leotured In Europe.
In 1s45 he went to Europe and loctured
on slavery to enthusiastic audiences in
nearly all 81 the large towns Of Great
Britain. In 1916 his friends in England
raised purse of $3.50 to purchase his free
dom In due form Of law. He remained two
yoars i'm Great Britain, and ia 1917 began
1T Rochester the publication Of Frederick
Douglass Paper whose title WAS after
( ward changed To The North Star. In 1896
lie published "Mv Bondage and nv Free.
] dom 4" III 1850 the John Brown riots toob
: place III Virginia He was supposed 70 hC
! implicated In these, and Governor Mist
! Of Virginia made rcquisition for his arrest
/ | upon the governor Of Michigan, IN which
state he then was
) To avoid difficulty Mr. Douglass went
r to England. whore he remained for six o.
q eight months He then returnelto Rocbes
d Ter and continued the publication 81 his
4 paper When tho civil war began In 1851
/ he uraea upon President Lincoln the en-
A ployment Of eolored troops and the issu
4 ance of proclamation of emancipation
!. In 1858, when it was at last decided e
y employ such troops. he gave his assistance
It in enhsting mon for such regiments, es
. pecially the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-lfti
a Massachusetts.
!. After the abolition Of slavery he discon
IS tinued the publication Of his paper ant
< applied himself to the preparation and dc
i livery Of lyceum lectures. In September
AZ 1870 he became editor Of The New Ma
y tional Ira in Washington. This was after
n ward continued by his sons Lewis am
u Frederick In 1871 he WAS appointed as
% sistant secretary "a the commission - Sst
- | Domingo go nis fecaml President 9rau
appointed HIM one u the territorial couL
- eli Of the District III Columbia. In ISL
be was elected presidential elector az larg
for the state of New York aud was al
il pointed 60 carry the electoral vote Of Il
r. state TO Washington In 1876 he was al
o,, pointed United States marshal for n
Il. District Of Columbia
q Appointed Minister 20 Haiti.
After this he became recorder Of deeg
for the District Of Columbia, from wink
ny office he was removed Ivy President Ciev
land IN lsSG In the autumn of that yos
he revisited England @ inform she friong
ic. whom he had made while fugitive sla,
M Of tho progFcas OF the african iace ia Il
s. Upitsd States Alter MS rotmD to n
United States be was appointed minist'
10 Lall bY Frssli-nt Ia-slsol in lSs