- 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 - 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
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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
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As the Civil War began, Douglass was one of the most famous black men in the world, known internationally for his anti-slavery and women's suffrage orations (Blight 18)
- 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
- Frederick Douglass - Biography, Leader in the Abolitionist . . .
Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass was born into slavery sometime around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and
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Born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, Frederick Douglass (1818-95) became one of the most influential human rights activist of the nineteenth century, as well as an internationally acclaimed statesmen, orator, editor, and author
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