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Adolph Douai
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<p>Karl Daniel Adolf Douai (1819 – 1888), known to his peers as "Adolf", was a <a href="/facts/German_Texan/AV5Gteh3">German Texan</a> teacher as well as a <a href="/facts/Socialist/U2kVoPaA">socialist</a> and <a href="/facts/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States/GCRJLaJl">abolitionist</a> <a href="/facts/Newspaper_editor/d76Qb3Tr">newspaper editor</a>. Douai was driven from Texas in 1856 due to his published opposition of slavery, living out the rest of his life as a school operator in the <a href="/facts/New_England/ufw2BmSl">New England</a> city of <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>. Douai is remembered as one of the leading American <a href="/facts/Marxist/sgnnLfax">Marxists</a> of the 19th century as well as a pioneer of the <a href="/facts/Kindergarten/pLuerM4c">Kindergarten</a> movement in America. </p>