Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ka rite ki tona papa, ko Lewis Henry Douglass he "tangata nui" ki Washington DC na roto i tana whakauru ki te "New National Era" me etahi atu paanga torangapu. I awhina ia ki te whakatuu me te kaituhi matua o te "New National Era" (1870-1874) me tona papa, he niupepa "kua whakahaerehia pai" hei whakatutuki i nga take o te hapori pango i DC. He paanga torangapu i tohua ia ki te kaunihera ture o te Takiwa o Columbia e Ulysses S. Grant i reira i akiaki ai ia mo te taurite iwi ma te hanga i tetahi pire penei i te mea me tuku e nga wharekai a raatau utu kia kore ai e nui ake te utu mo nga pango. I te wā o te whakawhānui o U.S., Douglass ko te kaiwhakawā mārama o te whakahaere McKinley mo ona
te whai wāhi i roto i te Philippines, me te kore o te tautohe ki te whakaoti i ngā take ā-whānau o te tūkino ā-iwi ki te iwi o Amerika. He mea pouri, ahakoa he pono, ahakoa he aha te mana o tenei kawanatanga, ko te he ki nga iwi pouri e kaha ana.. E mōhio pai ana te iwi o Cuba, Puerto Rico [sic], Hawaii, me Manila, me te tangata Inia i tūkinotia, me te tangata pango i riri i te United StatesDouglass i he parekura i roto i te 1904 i tino pā ki tona hauora, a ka mate e wha tau i muri mai, i te tau o 67.