Identifier: lifetimesoffrede1882doug (find matches)
Title: Life and times of Frederick Douglass
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subjects: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Antislavery movements Slavery
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : Park
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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ble spot—theresting place for all the deceased Lloyds for two hundredyears, for the family have been in possession of the estatesince the settlement of the Maryland colony. The tombs there remind one of what may be seen in thegrounds of moss-covered churches in England. The verynames of those who sleep within the oldest of them are crum-bled away and become undecipherable. Everything about it isimpressive, and suggestive of the transient character of humanlife and glory. No one could stand under its weeping willows,amidst its creeping ivy and myrtle, and look through its som-ber shadows, without a feeling of unusual solemnity. Thefirst interment I ever witnessed was in this place. It was thegreat-great-grandmother, brought from Annapolis in a mahog-any coffin, and quietly, without ceremony, deposited in thisground. While here, Mr. Howard gathered for me a bouquet of flow-ers and evergreens from the different graves around us, andwhich I carefully brought to my home for preservation.
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Revisits his Old Home. A MASSACHUSETTS TUTOR INTERRED THERE. 499 Notable among the tombs were those of Admiral Buchanan,who commanded the Merrimac in the action at HamptonRoads with the Monitor, March 8,1862, and that of GeneralWinder of the Confederate army, both sons-in-law of the elderLloyd. There was also pointed out to me the grave of a Mas-sachusetts man, a Mr. Page, a teacher in the family, whom Ihad often seen and wondered what he could be thinking aboutas he silently paced up and down the garden walks, alwaysalone, for he associated neither with Captain Anthony, Mr.McDermot, nor the overseers. He seemed to be one by him-self. I believe he originated somewhere near Greenfield,Massachusetts, and members of his family will perhaps learnfor the first time, from these lines, the place of his burial; forI have had intimation that they knew little about him after heonce left home. We then visited the garden, still kept in fine condition, butnot as in the days of the elder Lloyd, for

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