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On February 20, 1895, Douglass attended a meeting for the National Council of Women. He returned home to Cedar Hill in the late afternoon and was preparing to give a speech at a local church when he suffered a heart attack and passed away. Douglass was 77. He had remained a central figure in the fight for equality and justice for his entire life.

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Douglas passed away on February 20, 1895 aged 77. A central figure in the fight for equality and justice, he had just returned from attending a meeting for the National Council of Women and was preparing to give a speech at a local church when he passed from a heart attack.

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