Trump implied Frederick Douglass was alive. The abolitionist's family offered a 'history lesson.'
Source: Washington Post
Trump implied Frederick Douglass was alive. The abolitionists family offered a history lesson.
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. February 2 at 12:25 PM
The world may never know whether President Trump just got a little sloppy with his verb tenses on Wednesday morning or simply had no idea that the famous black abolitionist Frederick Douglass was, in fact, dead.
Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody whos done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice, the president said.
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But the descendants of the revered abolitionist — who, just to be clear, died in 1895 after becoming a powerful voice against slavery and then Jim Crow — responded on Wednesday.
“My first instinct was to go on the attack,” said Kenneth B. Morris Jr., Douglass’s great-great-great grandson. “I think it was obvious to anyone that heard [Trump’s] comments or read his comments that he was not up to speed on who Frederick Douglass was. We just thought that was an opportunity to do a history lesson and to make some points about what we’re currently working on.”
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