Douglass family
Douglass is an American family originating from Cordova, Maryland, United States, by primogenitor Frederick Douglass.
Frederick Douglass assumed the surname from the poem The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, after his escape from slavery to hide from his former master, upon proposal by a friend:He explains in his first autobiography:Members in selection
- Frederick Douglass, statesman, writer
- Anna Murray-Douglass abolitionist, first wife of Frederick Douglass
- *Rosetta Douglass, teacher and activist
- **Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry, philanthropist
- *Lewis Henry Douglass, soldier
- *Frederick Douglass, Jr., abolitionist, essayist, newspaper editor, soldier
- *Charles Remond Douglass, soldier, clerk
- **Joseph Douglass, musician
- *Annie Douglass
- Helen Pitts Douglass, suffragist, second wife of Frederick Douglass
