Frederick Douglass

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.

1. Autobiographies gave pre-emancipation America a first person view of slavery
2. Advisor and friend to Abraham Lincoln
3. Lobbied for and recruited African Americans soldiers to fight for the Union Army
4. First African American to be nominated for Vice-Presidency

• 1818: Born a slave in Maryland
• 1837: Meets future first wife Anna Murray
• 1838: Escapes from slavery
• 1841: Subscribes to William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator
• 1845: Publishes first autobiography
• 1851: Founds antislavery publication Frederick Douglass' Paper
• 1862: Emancipation Proclamation
• 1877: Is appointed as a U.S. Marshal
• 1882: Anna Murray Douglass dies
• 1884: Marries Helen Pitts

1. "America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. "
2. "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. "
3. "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. "
4. "Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done."

• Google Books: Frederick Douglass Book Search | Frederick Douglass: A Critical Reader
• Amazon: Frederick Douglass Book Search | Biography: Frederick Douglass
• University of Virginia Library:
  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845)
  • My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
  • My Escape from Slavery(1881)

• 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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