Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kamar mahaifinsa, Lewis Henry Douglass "ɗan ƙasa ne mai mahimmanci" ga Washington D.C. ta hanyar shiga cikin "New National Era" da sauran tasirin siyasa. Ya taimaka ya kafa kuma shi ne babban editan "New National Era" ("1870-1874) tare da mahaifinsa, jaridar "mai kyau" da nufin magance matsalolin al'ummar baƙar fata a DC. Ya sami tasirin siyasa lokacin da Ulysses S. Grant ya nada shi majalisar dokoki ta District of Columbia inda ya matsa wa daidaiton launin fata ta hanyar ƙirƙirar lissafin kamar wanda ya buƙaci gidajen cin abinci su sanya farashin su don haka ba za su iya cajin baƙar fata ba. A lokacin fadada Amurka, Douglass ya kasance mai sukar gwamnatin McKinley saboda
shiga tsakani a cikin Philippines da kuma rashin sadaukar da kai don magance matsalolin gida na tashin hankali na launin fata ga 'yan Afirka. Abin takaici ne, duk da cewa gaskiya ne, duk abin da wannan gwamnati ke sarrafawa, rashin adalci ga launin fata ya fi rinjaye.. Mutanen Cuba, Puerto Rico [sic], Hawaii da Manila sun san da kyau kamar yadda Indiyan da aka zalunta da kuma baƙar fata a cikin AmurkaDouglass ya sami bugun jini a 1904 wanda ya shafi lafiyarsa sosai kuma ya mutu shekaru hudu bayan haka, yana da shekaru 67.