The Lost History of Mark Twain & Frederick Douglass (virtual)

Known around the corner and the world as two of the most celebrated Americans of the 19th century, Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass shared connections, associations and friendships across generations and geography. First meeting in the 1860s, Twain and Douglass maintained connections through political and editorial networks throughout New England, New York and Washington City.

In this new presentation learn about the connections of Frederick Douglass to Mark Twain's in-laws, the Langdon Family of Buffalo and Elmira, New York, their mutual correspondence with writer and author George Alfred Townsend, speaking tours with Redpath's Lyceum, political canvassing and associations with Presidents, members of Congress and Washington City journalists.

Presentation will include information about a previously unknown and undocumented meeting of Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass!

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Presenter Bio

John Muller, author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia (2012) and Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent (2013), has presented widely throughout the D.C.- Baltimore metropolitan area and Maryland's Eastern Shore at venues including the Library of Congress, Enoch Pratt Library, D.C. Public Library, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center in Cambridge and local universities. As well, Muller has presented about the history of of Mark Twain in Washington City at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, Newseum in Washington. D.C., Politics & Prose Bookstore and other venues.

Muller is a frequent guest on D.C. and Baltimore radio and broadcast stations and has been cited by the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Star Democrat and other publications for his local history research.