Talk:Frederick Douglass Jr.

"Frederick Douglass Jr.", not "Frederick Douglass, Jr"
As per Wikipedia guidelines, WP:JR/SR: "North American English: Sr. or Jr. written after the name, without a comma, and with a period." & MOS:JRSR: "Omission of the comma before Jr. or Sr. (or variations such as Jnr) is preferred." The guideline is thus to omit the comma when Jr. is used. Peaceray (talk) 14:21, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I did not know that. --Jeremy Butler (talk) 15:51, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Do we really need the last section
do we need the last section. It seems an extensive quotation with little justification. On the other hand this is a spare biography that does not make it clear what Douglass actually did the last decade of his life.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:32, 30 November 2023 (UTC)


 * OK. Last 7 years. We know he was a clerk working with his father until about 1885. We do not have any indication what he did from 1885-1892.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:34, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Too much unneeded stuff
I just noticed that he was born in 1842. The article mentions where his parents stayed in 1839-1838 as if it has any bearing in his life. It does not. Whatever an abolitionist from New Bedford was, I do not think the infant Frederick Douglass, Jr. was one.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:37, 30 November 2023 (UTC)