Rochester has been shaped by many amazing individuals throughout its history. It is important that we take time to acknowledge these individuals for their remarkable contributions to our city. One of the individuals that helped shape Rochester was Anna Murray Douglass. Anna Murray Douglass was an an abolitionist along with her husband, Frederick Douglass. Though she was often in her husband’s shadow, she was responsible for helping with the anti-slavery movement during her lifetime. Mrs. Douglass had a huge role in the Underground Railroad headquarters in Rochester. She often provided runaway slaves with food, board and clean linen at the Douglass home. Throughout this Podcast we will delve deeper into who Anna Murray Douglass was and her contributions which lead to School #12 being renamed in her honor.

To learn more about Anna Murray Douglass, the Reframing Rochester podcast crew talked to:

• Dr. Emily Morry: An historical researcher with the City of Rochester.
• Dr. David Anderson: An historian and elder of the Rochester community.
• Ms. Jacqueline Sprague and Ms. Jordan Gause: descendants of Nathan Sprague. Nathan Sprague was the husband of Frederick and Anna Murray's Douglass' daughter Rosetta. Nathan Sprague is Jacqueline's Sprague's great uncle. *Please note that in the podcast, Ms. Sprague mistakenly identified Nathan as her grandfather.

Learn more about Anna Murray Douglass...

• Anna Murray Douglass, My Mother As I Recall Her by Rosetta Douglass Sprague from the Library of Congress and .pdf from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
• The Hidden History of Anna Murray Douglass from the Smithsonian
• Anna Murray Douglass from the Oxford University Press
• Anna Murray Douglass from BlackPast
• On the Life of Black Abolitionist Anna Murray Douglass from Black Perspectives African American Intellectual History Society