Dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Sida aabihiis, Lewis Henry Douglass wuxuu ahaa "muwaadin qiimo leh" oo ku sugan Washington D.C. isagoo ku lug leh "New National Era" iyo saameyn kale oo siyaasadeed. Wuxuu ka caawiyay aasaaska wuxuuna ahaa tifaftiraha sare ee "New National Era" (1870-1874) aabihiis, wargeys "si fiican loo qabtay" oo loogu talagalay wax ka qabashada arrimaha bulshada madow ee DC. Wuxuu saameyn siyaasadeed ku yeeshay markii loo magacaabay golaha sharci dejinta ee Degmada Columbia by Ulysses S. Grant halkaas oo uu ku riixay sinnaanta jinsiyadeed isagoo abuuraya sharci u baahan makhaayadaha inay dhajiyaan qiimahooda si aysan uga qaadin madowga. Intii lagu guda jiray xilligii ballaarinta Mareykanka, Douglass wuxuu ahaa dhaleeceyn cad oo ku aaddan maamulka McKinley
ku lug lahaanshaha Filibiin iyo ka go'naansha la'aanta xallinta arimaha gudaha ee rabshadaha midab takoorka ee ka dhanka ah Afrikaanka Ameerika. Waa arin murugo leh, inkastoo ay run tahay, xaqiiqda ah in waxkastoo xukuumadani xakameyso, cadaalad darada ka dhanka ah qowmiyadaha madow ay ka adkaato.. Dadka ku nool Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii iyo Manila si fiican ayey u yaqaanaan sida ay u yaqaanaan Indiankii la dulmiyay iyo ninkii madowga ahaa ee ka careysnaa MaraykankaDouglass waxa uu qabay cudur dhanka wadnaha ah sanadkii 1904 taas oo si weyn u saameysay caafimaadkiisa wuxuuna dhintay afar sano kadib, isagoo 67 jir ah.