Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kufanana nababa vake, Lewis Henry Douglass akanga ari "mugari anokosha" kuWashington D.C. kupfurikidza nokubatanidzwa kwake ne"New National Era" nemimwe migumisiro yezvematongerwe enyika. Akabatsira kutanga uye aive mukuru mupepeti we "New National Era" (1870-1874) nababa vake, pepanhau "rakaitwa zvakanaka" rakanangana nekugadzirisa nyaya dzemunharaunda yevatema muDC. Akave nemhedzisiro yezvematongerwo enyika paakagadzwa kuDare reMitemo reDunhu reColumbia naUlysses S. Grant kwaakakurudzira kuenzana kwemarudzi nekugadzira bhiri senge raida kuti maresitorendi aise mitengo yavo kuitira kuti vasabhadharise vatema. Mukati menguva yokuwedzera kweU.S., Douglass akanga ari mutsoropodzi akajeka wehurumende yaMcKinley nokuda kwebasa rayo
kubatanidzwa kwayo muPhilippines uye kusava kwayo nechido chokugadzirisa nhau dzomunyika dzechisimba chedzinza kune veAfrica vokuAmerica. Zvinosuruvarisa, kunyange zvazvo chiri chokwadi, kuti pasinei nokuti hurumende iyi inodzora chii, kusaruramisira kumadzinza erima kunopfuurira.. Vanhu veCuba, Puerto Rico [sic], Hawaii neManila vanozviziva zvakanaka sezvinoita muIndia akaruramiswa uye murume mutema akatsamwiswa muUnited StatesDouglass akabatwa nesitiroko muna 1904 iyo yakakanganisa zvikuru utano hwake ndokufa makore mana gare gare, pazera ramakore 67.