- Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c February 14, 1818 [a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century
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Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself
- Frederick Douglass - Narrative, Quotes Facts | HISTORY
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of
- Frederick Douglass - National Museum of African American History and . . .
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, most likely in February 1818 — birth dates of slaves were rarely recorded He was put to work full-time at age six, and his life as a young man was a litany of savage beatings and whippings At age twenty, he successfully escaped to the North
- Frederick Douglass - U. S. National Park Service
After escaping from slavery in Maryland, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during which he gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings
- Frederick Douglass - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
To spread his story and assist the abolitionist cause and counter early charges that someone so eloquent as he could not have been a slave, Douglass wrote and published his first autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself
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Douglass’s extraordinary life and legacy can be understood best through his autobiographies and his countless articles and speeches But they weren't his only activities
- Frederick Douglass Facts | Britannica
United States official and diplomat Frederick Douglass was one of the most prominent human rights leaders of the 1800s
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