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Dec 9, 2009 · A new cornerstone reference for students, scholars, and general readers, on Frederick Douglass—his life, writings, speeches, political views, and legacy.Like no other reference before it, The Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia celebrates and investigates the life, writings, and activism of one of the most influential African Americans in U.S. history.The Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia offers ...
Jun 13, 2012 · First published Wed Jun 13, 2012; substantive revision Fri Jan 6, 2017. Frederick Douglass (c. 1817–1895) is a central figure in United States and African American history. [ 1] He was born a slave, circa 1817; [ 2] his mother was a Negro slave and his father was reputed to be his white master. Douglass escaped from slavery in 1838 and rose ...
Mar 3, 2024 · abolitionism, (c. 1783–1888), in western Europe and the Americas, the movement chiefly responsible for creating the emotional climate necessary for ending the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery. The intensification of slavery as a system, which followed Portuguese trafficking of enslaved Africans beginning in the 15th century, was ...
Oct 27, 2009 · Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in or around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. Douglass himself was never sure of his exact birth date. His mother was an enslaved Black women and his ...
Mar 12, 2024 · I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglass (c. February 1818 – 20 February 1895) was an American abolitionist, orator, author, editor, reformer, women's rights advocate, and statesman during the American Civil War. He was born a slave in Maryland, as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey .
6 days ago · Harriet Tubman (born c. 1820, Dorchester county, Maryland, U.S.—died March 10, 1913, Auburn, New York) was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She led dozens of enslaved people to freedom in the North along the route of the Underground Railroad —an ...
On the day of his death—February 20, 1895, in Washington, D.C.—Douglass attended a convention for women’s suffrage. Douglass proclaimed his beliefs in justice for the oppressed in the North Star: “Right is of no Sex—Truth is of no Color. . . .”. He wanted Black people to lead the struggle for civil rights.
