Feb 2
3 min read
That Time Frederick Douglass Ran For President
The First Black Man To Run For The Office
Frederick Douglass was once a candidate for Vice-President of the United States. In 1872, the first woman to ever run for President, Victoria Woodhull of the Equal Rights Party, named Douglass as her potential Vice-President without his knowledge or consent. She wrongly concluded that combining women's suffrage…
