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  1. #FotoVorschlag

    “Chic”

    Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.

    More in the alt text.

    #photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum

  2. #FotoVorschlag

    “Chic”

    Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.

    More in the alt text.

    #photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum

  3. #FotoVorschlag

    “Chic”

    Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.

    More in the alt text.

    #photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum

  4. #FotoVorschlag

    “Chic”

    Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.

    More in the alt text.

    #photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum

  5. #FotoVorschlag

    “Chic”

    Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.

    More in the alt text.

    #photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum

  6. #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork is a minor city in the #USA (with a rich history: #SusanBAnthony, #FrederickDouglass, #Kodak, #Xerox, etc)

    Here I was today in only an outlying suburb, of only a minor city, and the #NoKings turn out was huge

    Selected #posters I captured today in the below thread. I had to cap it at 25 posts:

    #cats #protest #caturday

  7. #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork is a minor city in the #USA (with a rich history: #SusanBAnthony, #FrederickDouglass, #Kodak, #Xerox, etc)

    Here I was today in only an outlying suburb, of only a minor city, and the #NoKings turn out was huge

    Selected #posters I captured today in the below thread. I had to cap it at 25 posts:

    #cats #protest #caturday

  8. #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork is a minor city in the #USA (with a rich history: #SusanBAnthony, #FrederickDouglass, #Kodak, #Xerox, etc)

    Here I was today in only an outlying suburb, of only a minor city, and the #NoKings turn out was huge

    Selected #posters I captured today in the below thread. I had to cap it at 25 posts:

    #cats #protest #caturday

  9. #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork is a minor city in the #USA (with a rich history: #SusanBAnthony, #FrederickDouglass, #Kodak, #Xerox, etc)

    Here I was today in only an outlying suburb, of only a minor city, and the #NoKings turn out was huge

    Selected #posters I captured today in the below thread. I had to cap it at 25 posts:

    #cats #protest #caturday

  10. Check out this new merch from G&G Collective inspired by Black History—zurl.co/nVcE2 #FrederickDouglass

  11. Check out this new merch from G&G Collective inspired by Black History—zurl.co/oE9iU #FrederickDouglass

  12. Celebrating the Birthday of #FrederickDouglass, February 14th. His birthday is an important component of #BlackHistoryMonth

  13. Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass - February 14, 1818

    “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

    #BlackHistoryMonth #FrederickDouglass #democracy #slavery #history #UnitedStates

  14. Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass - February 14, 1818

    “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

    #BlackHistoryMonth #FrederickDouglass #democracy #slavery #history #UnitedStates

  15. Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass - February 14, 1818

    “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

    #BlackHistoryMonth #FrederickDouglass #democracy #slavery #history #UnitedStates

  16. Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass - February 14, 1818

    “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

    #BlackHistoryMonth #FrederickDouglass #democracy #slavery #history #UnitedStates

  17. Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass - February 14, 1818

    “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

    #BlackHistoryMonth #FrederickDouglass #democracy #slavery #history #UnitedStates

  18. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

    ~ Frederick Douglass, born today, 1818.

    #FrederickDouglass #Quote

  19. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

    ~ Frederick Douglass, born today, 1818.

    #FrederickDouglass #Quote

  20. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

    ~ Frederick Douglass, born today, 1818.

    #FrederickDouglass #Quote

  21. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

    ~ Frederick Douglass, born today, 1818.

    #FrederickDouglass #Quote

  22. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

    ~ Frederick Douglass, born today, 1818.

    #FrederickDouglass #Quote

  23. 💔 Couples 💔

    "If one stands in so intimate a relationship with a man as I do with Douglass, one comes to know facets of the whole world, of men + women, which would otherwise remain closed, especially if it is a man whom the entire world has seen + whom so many women have loved."

    A 20 year friendship between Frederick Douglass & German born feminist, freethinker, + abolitionist Ottilie Assing was to end in tragedy. After learning that Douglass had married Helen Pitts, Assing killed herself by swallowing cyanide in a public park in Paris. As per her will all her letters with Douglass were burned. She bequeathed him ongoing income from a trust fund + his choice of books from her library.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #ottillieassing #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines #tragiclove

  24. 💔 Couples 💔

    "If one stands in so intimate a relationship with a man as I do with Douglass, one comes to know facets of the whole world, of men + women, which would otherwise remain closed, especially if it is a man whom the entire world has seen + whom so many women have loved."

    A 20 year friendship between Frederick Douglass & German born feminist, freethinker, + abolitionist Ottilie Assing was to end in tragedy. After learning that Douglass had married Helen Pitts, Assing killed herself by swallowing cyanide in a public park in Paris. As per her will all her letters with Douglass were burned. She bequeathed him ongoing income from a trust fund + his choice of books from her library.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #ottillieassing #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines #tragiclove

  25. 💔 Couples 💔

    "If one stands in so intimate a relationship with a man as I do with Douglass, one comes to know facets of the whole world, of men + women, which would otherwise remain closed, especially if it is a man whom the entire world has seen + whom so many women have loved."

    A 20 year friendship between Frederick Douglass & German born feminist, freethinker, + abolitionist Ottilie Assing was to end in tragedy. After learning that Douglass had married Helen Pitts, Assing killed herself by swallowing cyanide in a public park in Paris. As per her will all her letters with Douglass were burned. She bequeathed him ongoing income from a trust fund + his choice of books from her library.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #ottillieassing #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines #tragiclove

  26. 💔 Couples 💔

    "If one stands in so intimate a relationship with a man as I do with Douglass, one comes to know facets of the whole world, of men + women, which would otherwise remain closed, especially if it is a man whom the entire world has seen + whom so many women have loved."

    A 20 year friendship between Frederick Douglass & German born feminist, freethinker, + abolitionist Ottilie Assing was to end in tragedy. After learning that Douglass had married Helen Pitts, Assing killed herself by swallowing cyanide in a public park in Paris. As per her will all her letters with Douglass were burned. She bequeathed him ongoing income from a trust fund + his choice of books from her library.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #ottillieassing #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines #tragiclove

  27. 🩶 Couples 🩶

    “Love came to me, + I was not afraid to marry the man I loved because of his color”

    Frederick Douglass & Helen Pitts married 2 years after the death of his 1st wife Anna. He was 66 + she, 46. They married amid a storm of controversy. Both families objected to the marriage. Douglass’ children felt his marriage was a repudiation of their African American mother. Pitts' family, alrhough friends to Douglass + abolitionists, stopped speaking to her. The couple remained married for 11 years, until his death in 1895.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #HelenPitts #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines

    Helena is seated in the photo with her sister standing

  28. 🩶 Couples 🩶

    “Love came to me, + I was not afraid to marry the man I loved because of his color”

    Frederick Douglass & Helen Pitts married 2 years after the death of his 1st wife Anna. He was 66 + she, 46. They married amid a storm of controversy. Both families objected to the marriage. Douglass’ children felt his marriage was a repudiation of their African American mother. Pitts' family, alrhough friends to Douglass + abolitionists, stopped speaking to her. The couple remained married for 11 years, until his death in 1895.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #HelenPitts #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines

    Helena is seated in the photo with her sister standing

  29. 🩶 Couples 🩶

    “Love came to me, + I was not afraid to marry the man I loved because of his color”

    Frederick Douglass & Helen Pitts married 2 years after the death of his 1st wife Anna. He was 66 + she, 46. They married amid a storm of controversy. Both families objected to the marriage. Douglass’ children felt his marriage was a repudiation of their African American mother. Pitts' family, alrhough friends to Douglass + abolitionists, stopped speaking to her. The couple remained married for 11 years, until his death in 1895.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #HelenPitts #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines

    Helena is seated in the photo with her sister standing

  30. 🩶 Couples 🩶

    “Love came to me, + I was not afraid to marry the man I loved because of his color”

    Frederick Douglass & Helen Pitts married 2 years after the death of his 1st wife Anna. He was 66 + she, 46. They married amid a storm of controversy. Both families objected to the marriage. Douglass’ children felt his marriage was a repudiation of their African American mother. Pitts' family, alrhough friends to Douglass + abolitionists, stopped speaking to her. The couple remained married for 11 years, until his death in 1895.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #HelenPitts #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines

    Helena is seated in the photo with her sister standing