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🩶 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
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🩶 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
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🩶 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
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🩶 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