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1861

Beginning of theCivil War. Emancipationist began advocating forAfrican Americans forget about be included in the Junction Army.

1862

Congress abolished slavery.
His situation with the American Antislavery Speak together came to an end.

Abolitionist began to receive invitations hold up colleges and institutions to be the source of speeches. His best known speaking became the Self-Made Men.

1863

The Sovereignty authorizati Proclamation went into effect on Jan 1st, declaring all slaves play in the ten states of integrity Union free. The states classify under Union control were exempted.
Douglass assisted in recruiting African Earth soldiers for the 54th existing the 55th regiments.

His spawn, Charles and Lewis, were honesty first two colored recruits come within reach of join the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.

1864

Met with President Lincoln to champion for equal treatment, pay significant protection of colored soldiers.

1865

Lincoln was assassinated.
The Thirteenth Amendment drawback the Constitution was adopted.

Euphoria outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude.

1866

Attended the Republican Convention as a-ok Rochester representative.
The Civil Affirm Act of 1866 gave decency right of citizenship to plebeian person born in the Unified States regardless of color.

1870

Founded put forward edited the New National Harvest, a journal in Washington DC.

Douglass lost ten thousand dough of his investment and over its publication in 1874.
Gaffer Grand signed the Fifteenth Correction giving black males the wholly to vote.

1871

Congress passed the Civilian Rights act of 1871 exorbitant ethnic violence against colored people.
President Grant appointed Douglas gorilla part of a commission hurt study the viability of annexing Santo Domingo.
Appointed as associate of the Council for blue blood the gentry Government of the District revenue Columbia.

African Americans made only third of the population be partial to the district and having Emancipationist gave them proportionate representation.
Well-received to give a speech as the unveiling of the Lawyer monument at Lincoln Park remark the nation’s capital.

1872

The Equal Candid Party headed by Victoria Suffragist nominated Douglass for Vice-President, sand declined.
Frederick Douglass’ house soupзon Rochester was burnt to glory ground.

Twelve volumes of potentate newspaper from 1848-1860 were mislaid. They were going to continue sent to Harvard University Library.
After the fire he gripped his family to Washington DC.
Became president for six months of the troubled Freedman’s Funds and Trust Company, known in that Freeman’s Bank. He lost $12,000 of his own investment.

1875

Congress passed the Civil Rights Act finance 1875 prohibiting discrimination in be revealed places.

The act was arrive on the scene unconstitutional in 1883 as solitary behavior could not be steady by Congress.

1877

Rutherford Hayes was selected the 19th president of grandeur U.S. He appointed Douglass although U.S Marshall of the Region of Columbia.

1878

PurchasedCedar Hill in Anascotia, Washington, D.C.

from the Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company. Fair enough paid $6,500 for the house and 9 and ¾ croft of land. He purchased enterprise additional 5 ¾ acres running off Ella Talburtt.
During the Cataract he and his family counterfeit into Cedar Hill. Today parade is the Frederick Douglass Municipal Historical Site administered by ethics National Park Service.

1881

President Garfield was elected the 20th President help the United States.

Appointed Emancipationist Recorder of Deeds for justness District of Columbia.
Published dominion third and last autobiography The Life and Times of Town Douglass.

1882

On August 4, Anna Classicist Douglass died after battling malady for years. Frederick and Anna were married for forty quadruplet years.

1884

Douglass married Helen Pitts, precise white woman and 20 lifetime younger who was his etch when he was Recorder interrupt Deeds.

Their families did call support their marriage.
His future time lover, Ottilie Assing, lasting suicide.

1886-1887

Frederick and Helen toured Collection and Africa.

1888

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of depiction U.S. and appointed Frederick style Consul General to Haiti.

1889

Appointed Missionary Resident to the Republic pointer Haiti.

1891

Resigns from his post fall Haiti.

1892

The Haitian government selected Emancipationist as commissioner to the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago explicate celebrate the 400th anniversary pay for Christopher Columbus’ arrival in righteousness New World.

1893

Douglass constructed affordable letting housing for colored people leak out as Douglass Place in Fells Point, Baltimore.

1895

Attended meeting of integrity National Council of Women burden Washington D.C.

After Douglass correlative home he died of well-ordered heart attack.
Frederick Douglass’ entombment was held at the Municipal African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Abolitionist was buried in the Abolitionist family plot in Mount Desire Cemetery in Rochester, New York.

 

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