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Cedar Hill - #parlourtricks notes

With the election of President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, Douglass hoped for a political appointment, likely postmaster for Rochester, New York or ambassador to Haiti. Instead, he was appointed marshal for the District of Columbia, a role which he accepted.[2] His appointment to this highly visible position marked the first time a black man successfully received a federal appointment requiring Senate approval.[3] Douglass, however, was not asked to fill many of the roles expected of a marshal. Typically, the marshal would attend formal White House gatherings and directly introduce guests to the President. Douglass, excused from this role, later complained that he should have resigned because of the slight.[4] Still, the job brought him financial stability, and in 1878, he purchased the 20-room Victorian home on nine acres which they named Cedar Hill. He bought an additional 15 acres around the property the next year.[5]

In the home, Douglass became a cultivated member of high society. He and his grandson Joseph played the music of Franz Schubert in the west parlor which served as music room.[6] Here he also worked on what would be his last autobiographical book, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, first published in 1881 and reissued 10 years later.[2] His wife Anna had a stroke in 1882 which left her partially paralyzed; she died on August 4 and Douglass became depressed.[7] "The main pillar of my house has fallen", he wrote to a friend.[8]

In January 1884, Douglass applied for a marriage license at District of Columbia City Hall before heading to the home of Reverend Francis James Grimké and Charlotte Forten Grimké, where he married a white woman named Helen Pitts.[9] The marriage, held January 2,[10] was not approved by most members of either family. Helen's father, an abolitionist who was previously proud to know Douglass personally, never offered his blessing and refused to visit Washington unless he knew his daughter and her husband were out of town.[11] Douglass had hired Pitts as a clerk in 1882. She was a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and had been a teacher of freed blacks in Virginia and Indiana.[10] Interviewed about her marriage, she responded, "Love came to me and I was not afraid to marry the man I loved because of his color."[9] One newspaper article noted, "Goodbye, black blood in that family. We have no further use for him. His picture hangs in our parlor, we will hang it in the stables.

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Farewell Friday - Parlour Tricks

Song: Leave Your Light On

Album: Bodies (2016)

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Thursday Track

Song: Choke

Album: Bodies (2016)

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Wednesday Track

Song: Requiem

Album: Parlour Tricks (2015)

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Live Tuesday - Parlour Tricks

Song: Lovesongs

Album: Parlour Tricks (2015)

Video Credit: Audiotree TV

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Say Hello To This Week’s Artist - Parlour Tricks

Song: Broken Hearts/Bones

Album: Parlour Tricks (2015)

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