Kenneth B.
MORRIS, JR.
Great-great-great-grandson
of Frederick Douglass and
president of Frederick
Douglass Family Initiativessold her possessions
to finance her future
husband’s escape from
slavery. When Morris
learned how much
slavery still exists in
the world today, he
decided to use whatFrederick Douglass was
the only man to speak
at the first women’s
rights convention, and
Morris is proud to be
his descendant. But
he’s equally proud of
Anna Douglass, whohe calls “the historical
significance of my
ancestry” to do some-
thing about it—founding
Frederick Douglass
Family Initiatives, which
fights human trafficking
through education.102 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC