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Frederick Douglass was a black abolitionist leader in America during the 19th Century. Through his newspaper The North Star, his autobiographies, and his political influence, he presented a case to the American public for freeing the slaves.
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Fast Facts:
- Autobiographies gave pre-emancipation America a first person view of slavery
- Advisor and friend to Abraham Lincoln
- Lobbied for and recruited African Americans soldiers to fight for the Union Army
- First African American to be nominated for Vice-Presidency
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Timeline
- 1818: Born a slave in Maryland
- 1837: Met future first wife Anna Murray
- 1838: Successful escape from slavery
- 1841: Subscribed to William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator
- 1845: Published first autobiography
- 1851: Founded antislavery publication Frederick Douglass' Paper
- 1862: Emancipation Proclamation
- 1877: Appointed as a U.S. Marshal
- 1882: Anna Murray Douglass Dies
- 1884: Marries Helen Pitts
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Quotes
- "America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. "
- "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. "
- "I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. "
- "Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done."
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Frederick Douglass Books and Research
- Google Books: Frederick Douglass Book Search | Frederick Douglass: A Critical Reader
- Amazon: Frederick Douglass Book Search | Biography: Frederick Douglass
- University of Virginia Library:
Frederick Douglass Timeline
- 1818: Born to a slave mother and a white father in Tuckahoe, Maryland.
- 1827: Sophia Auld (his owner's wife) teaches him to read
- 1834: Sent to a "slave breaker," Edward Covey
- 1838: September 3rd, escapes slavery
- 1838: September 15th, marries Anna Murray
- 1845: Bravely publishes his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- 1847: Begins his publishing The North Star
- 1852: Splits with William Lloyd Garrison over their differing views regarding the means to abolish slavery
- 1855: Publishes his second autobiography, My Bondage, My Freedom
- 1863: February, becomes a Union recruiter for the first African-American regiment of soldiers
- 1882: Publishes his third autobiography, The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
- 1889: Appointed to be the United States minister to Haiti
- 1895: February 20th, dies in Washington, DC
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