Douglass
[dʌɡləs]
Definition
(noun.) United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895).
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Examples
- A saw which planes, as well as severs, is shown in patents to Douglass, Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nicholas Douglass, however, invented a new system of dovetailing, and great improvements have been made in the system of illuminating. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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