- Joined
- Aug 27, 2011
- Location
- Central Massachusetts
This picture was printed in a booklet "My Mother as I Recall Her," the text of a paper by Rosetta Douglass Sprague, read before the WCTU in May, 1900. It shows Mrs. Sprague's father in his library, alongside is his faithful mastiff Frank.
Not a very good picture, I'm afraid (taken from the 1923 reprint), but I've been unable to find a better one.
I have also been able to find nothing else about Frank online.
The website answers.com in response to the question "Did Frederick Douglass have any pets as a child?", says only," yes he had 2 pets 1 dog and one cat" but gives no references. His own "Narrative of the Life ..." makes no mention of pets.
I have also been able to find nothing else about Frank online.
The website answers.com in response to the question "Did Frederick Douglass have any pets as a child?", says only," yes he had 2 pets 1 dog and one cat" but gives no references. His own "Narrative of the Life ..." makes no mention of pets.