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Rosetta Douglass-Sprague (June 24, 1839 – November 25, 1906) was an American teacher and activist. She was a founding member of the National Association for Colored Women. Her mother was Anna Murray Douglass and her father was Frederick Douglass.
Abolitionist and social reformer Rosetta Douglass (1839-1906) continued a family legacy of activism that began in New Bedford with her parents, Frederick and Anna Murray Douglass.
Feb 9, 2022 · Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Rosetta Douglass Sprague was born in 1839 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. When she was 6, she was sent to stay with Abigail and Lydia Mott, of Albany, New York,...
Mar 6, 2020 · As an abolitionist and social reformer, Rosetta Douglass (1839-1906) continued a family legacy of activism that began in New Bedford.
Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Born in New Bedford, Rosetta Douglass Sprague (1839-1906) later recalled, ‘The early days were spent in daily toil, the wife at the wash board, the husband with saw, buck and axe.’.
She was a Black teacher and activist. She was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to Anna Murray-Douglass and Frederick Douglass. When she was five, she moved to Lynn, Massachusetts, with her parents. She was the eldest of five children.
Feb 11, 2024 · Today, our featured Black Educator is Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Rosetta Douglass Sprague was the daughter of famed activist and abolitionist Frederick Douglass and wife Anna Douglass. She was born in New Bedford, MA on June 24, 1839.
Oct 23, 2022 · Rosetta Douglass was the eldest daughter of Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray, born in 1839 in Massachusetts. She was the wife of Civil War veteran Nathan Sprague of the all-black 54th Massachusetts regiment.
Rosetta Douglass Sprague died in Washington, DC, on November 25, 1906. She was buried in Rochester, New York, her grave forgotten and overlooked until it was rediscovered in 2003.
Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Daughter of Frederick Douglass, born June 24, 1839. In 1845, the Rochester Board of Education voted to close the public schools to black students. Rather than send his daughter to the all black school that the city set up, Douglass sent his daughter to a private school and eventually resorted to tutors for her, and her ...
