Frederick Douglass married to Anna Murray in 1838 Frederick douglass married to Helen Pitts in 1884
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Frederick Douglas was married twice. His first wife was an African American woman named Anna Murray. They were married while he was still being held in slavery. They had 5 children together, 4 of which lived to be adults. One of their daughters, Annie, died when she was 10. When Anna Murray died, he married a white woman named Helen Pitts. They did not have any children. Mr. Douglas said that when he married his first wife, he was honoring his mother's African American race and honored his father's white race when he married his second wife.
When Frederick Douglass was young, his owner's wife taught him his alphabet in one day. After that, he picked up words from strangers and books.
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For The United States alone, Perhaps Frederick Douglas was the first popular openly biracial person.
Abraham Lincoln had two siblings, both of whom died early. His father's second marriage gave him three step-siblings.He had an older sister named Sarah (Sarah Lincoln Grigsby), who died in childbirth (February 10, 1807 - January 20, 1828). He had a younger brother, Thomas Jr., who died in infancy (1811-1812).He also had one stepbrother (John) and two stepsisters (Matilda and Elizabeth), the children of his father's second wife, Sarah Bush Johnston, by her first marriage to Daniel Johnston.5. A sister names Sarah,step-sisters Elizabeth,and Matilda. And a step-brother John. And a fun fact alot of people dont know is he had a brother named Thomas Jr.