Career
The two met in London, England, during Douglass" tour of the British Isles in 1845-1847. In 1849, Griffiths joined Douglass in Rochester, New York, and edited, published and promoted his work. She is most noted for publishing Autographs for Freedom, an anthology of anti-slavery literature.
In 1854, there were unfounded accusations, leveled by William Lloyd Garrison, that Douglass and Griffiths engaged in infidelity.
Griffiths returned to England in 1855, where she continued to organize ladies" anti-slavery societies, write columns for Douglass"s newspapers, and raise funds for the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Sewing Society, later called the Rochester Ladies" Anti-Slavery and Freedmen"s Aid Society. After her husband"s death, Crofts ran a school for girls in Saint Neots.