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Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1817 or February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
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- Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
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- Later life
At the age of twelve, Douglass was sent to Baltimore to serve the family of Hugh and Lucretia Auld, a kind and tender-hearted woman. It was Mrs. Auld who first taught him the alphabet, in spite of the fact that she was breaking the law by doing so. Douglass, aware of the power of a good education, secretly taught himself to read and write, resolvin...
In 1832, Douglass was sent out of the city to the plantation of Hughs brother, Thomas Auld. Thomas, in turn, sent Douglass to the notorious negro-breaker and slave-driver Edward Covey. Covey prided himself on his ability to crush any slaves will to resist enslavement and beat Douglass savagely. One day when he was sixteen Douglass fought back and p...
In 1841, while attending anti-slavery meetings Douglass met William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator and one of the most outspoken abolitionists in the country. Garrison encouraged Douglass to share his story, catapulting his career. Douglass began giving lectures at abolitionist conventions, quickly earning a reputation as an eloquent and ...
In 1845, Douglass, with the encouragement of Garrison and Wendell Phillips, another prominent abolitionist, published his celebrated Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. The work was an instant success. Critics charged that it was so well-written that it could never have been composed by a black man. The narrative made Do...
After seeing his lifes work vindicated with the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution, Douglass held various government posts and continued to labor through the period of Reconstruction and beyond to secure civil rights for freedmen, sagely remarking, Verily, the work does not end with the abolition of slavery, but only ...
Douglass moved to Washington D.C. in 1877 and became the editor of the New National Era. His wife Anna died five years later. Douglass was remarried two years later to Helen Pitts, a white feminist and the daughter of an abolitionist colleague and friend, Gideon Pitts Jr. In 1888, he became the first African-American to receive a vote for President...
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Jan 27, 2022 · In the middle of the 19th century, as the United States was ensnared in a bloody Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass stood as the two most influential...
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Frederick Douglass is the Father of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. PLACE OF BIRTH : Talbot County, MD DATE OF BIRTH : February, 1818, He later selects Valentine's Day (February 14th) because that was the last time he saw his mother; she sat him on her lap and gave him a heart-shaped ginger cake
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...
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.
Apr 3, 2014 · 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...
