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    Frederick Douglass

    African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist

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  1. May 23, 2024 · Frederick Douglass (born February 1818, Talbot county, Maryland, U.S.—died February 20, 1895, Washington, D.C.) was an 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.

  2. 5 days ago · His first autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," published in 1845, provided a vivid and harrowing account of his life in bondage. The book was an instant success, selling over 30,000 copies in its first five years and fueling the growing anti-slavery sentiment in the North.[^3]

  3. 1 day ago · Julien underscores that language was a powerful tool for Douglass. “I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing.” 5 This reflection from Douglass’s 1845 autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave comes alive powerfully in a voiceover by Fearon as the screens momentarily go dark in Lessons of the Hour.

  4. May 24, 2024 · Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass went on to become a writer, orator, statesman and key leader in the abolitionist movement. After his escape to freedom as an adult, Douglass in...

  5. 6 days ago · In 1845 the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself became an antebellum international best seller. A fugitive from Maryland slavery, Douglass spent four years honing his skills as an abolitionist lecturer before setting about the task of writing his autobiography.

  6. 3 days ago · Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave was his first autobiography, published in 1845. My Bondage and My Freedom was published in 1855. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass went into a second printing. It was published in 1881 and also in 1891.

  7. 6 days ago · SCHROEDER: So John Swanson Jacobs was born in 1815 in Edenton, N.C., and he was born a sixth-generation slave. Today, he's a footnote in the life of his older sister, Hariet Jacobs, who is the ...

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