The Douglas Archives
The Slave Trade
The White Slave Trade
Slavery in the
Carolinas
England's Irish slaves
Sample slave sale
records
Research by Allen
Omega
Caribbean/Scottish
connections
Letter from Commodore
Sholto Douglas
Douglas Letters relating to the Slave
trade
Frederick Douglass (1817 - 1985)
"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S.,
let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and
bullets in his pockets, and there is no power on earth which can deny that
he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States."
American orator and journalist, Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe,
Talbot county, Maryland, probably in February 1817. His mother was a negro
slave of exceptional intelligence, and his father was a white man.
In 1871 he was assistant secretary of the Santo Domingo commission,
appointed by President Grant. He was marshal of the District of Columbia
from 1877 to 1881, was recorder of deeds for the district from 1881 to
1886, and from 1889 to 1891 was the American minister resident and
consul-general in the Republic of Haiti.
Read more of
this remarkable story..
Stephen Arnold Douglas, (1813-1861)
U.S. Representative/Senator, Stephen Arnold Douglas, in the bitter debates
concerning the keenly disputed question of the permission of slavery in
the territories, was particularly prominent. Against slavery itself he,
seems never to have had any moral antipathy; he married (1847) the
daughter of a slaveholder, Colonel Robert Martin of North Carolina, and a
cousin of Douglas’s colleague in Congress, D. S. Reid; and his wife and
children were by inheritance the owners of slaves, though he himself never
was.
Read
more about Stephen Arnold Douglas..
Maid Douglas
Further details would be very welcome.
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Robert Burns
Find out just how close Scotland came to losing the poet to
Jamaica, and the role played by Patrick Douglas
 Seven Daughters of Eve
Almost all people of native
European descent, wherever they may live throughout the world, can
trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, hence, the Seven
Daughters of Eve.
Pharoah's daughter -
Queen of Scots. A new book, Scota, Egyptian Queen
of the Scots, by Ralph Ellis, claims to prove that this origin
myth was no made-up story but the actual recording of an Egyptian
exodus that did indeed conclude in Scotland.
Douglas
Heritage store opens. We have recently opened an on-line
bookstore.  Robert
the Bruce. The 700th anniversary of his coronation was
celebrated on 24th March 2006 others.
Rogues and vagabonds. Not all
Douglases have been goody goodies - read about horse theives, and
others.
Slaves and
slavers. Slaves and tales of daring-do, as the Douglases
hunt down the slave traders.
The
Douglas Heart. A heart features on many Douglas family coats of
arms, cests etc, including the one at the top of this page.
DNA for
women. For about £180, the scientists at Oxford
Ancestors will trace ancient maternal ancestry by testing
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is passed down from mother to
child and changes little over time.
Lineage testing
by DNA. A new research project seeks volunteers to help
prove Douglas connections
Research legends and myths.
Many families have cherished myths and stories about
their immigration to America or other pivotal events and people. We
show you how to determine which family legends are true or false.
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