Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and...
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The standard list of the great names in American history - Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln - does not usually include the name of Frederick Douglass. Yet as this extraordinary autobiography reveals, Douglass's courage, intelligence, moral character, and remarkable accomplishments certainly ...
Successful, self-educated abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington fought tirelessly to eradicate slavery. Born into slavery, Douglass and Washington shared the belief of equality, but differed on the manner in which it would be achieved. Douglass’s philosophy was “agitate!, agita...
Sarah J. Eddy:Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass, oil painting by Sarah J. Eddy, 1883; at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Washington, D.C. Douglass was born enslaved as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey on Holme Hill Farm in Talbot county, Maryland. Although the date of his birth...