General Correspondence, 1881-1885

Highlights Douglass’s appointment as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, his remarriage to Helen Pitts Douglass, his appointment as U.S. Minister and Consul General to Haiti, his service as commissioner of the Haitian pavilion at the World’s Columbia Exposition, and his involvement in antilynching campaigns. Correspondents include, Ebenezer D. Bassett, James G. Blaine, Susan B. Anthony, Blanche K. Bruce, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.