Brandon Zang
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Brandon Zang was an Editorial Intern at Encyclopædia Britannica in 2020. He is expected to graduate from the University of Chicago in 2022 with bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and theater and performance studies. Brandon is interested in almost all fields, from astrophysics to political philosophy, and loves writing about super complicated topics for a general audience.
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On the morning of January 25, 1884, Jane Pitts woke up to newspaper headlines that her daughter Helen, without her knowledge, had married the famous abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass. The news of the union shocked many people, and scrutiny came from all sides at once toward the newlyweds,…
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