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1818-1895

Born: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. 1818-1895. Frederick Douglass. By: Karlie Ebert. Frederick Douglass’s mother was a slave and his father was believed to be a white man.

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1818-1895

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  1. Born: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey 1818-1895 Frederick Douglass By: Karlie Ebert

  2. Frederick Douglass’s mother was a slave and his father was believed to be a white man.

  3. Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery on September 3, 1838. He disguised as a free sailor using someone else’s identification papers. His escape took him less than 25 hours.

  4. Frederick Douglass began a newspaper dedicating to the abolition of slavery. It was called the North Star and the Frederick Douglass’ Paper.

  5. Frederick Douglass welcomed the Civil War. He was a recruiter of the African American Troops.

  6. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Douglass campaigned first to make it the aim of the war to abolish slavery and then to allow black men to fight for the Union. He was successful on both fronts: Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on December 31, 1862, and Congress authorized the enlistment of black men in 1863, though they were paid only half what white soldiers made. The Union won the Civil War on April 9, 1865.

  7. Frederick Douglass was a public speaker, publisher, author, United States Marshal, and a Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia.

  8. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Life and Times of Frederick Douglass My Bondage and My Freedom

  9. Frederick Douglass was a believer of equality of all people. He once said, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."

  10. Frederick Douglass was the only African American to attend the first’s woman’s rights convention. He thought equality should be for both woman and men.

  11. In 1876, The Emancipation Memorial in Washington's Lincoln Park was unveiled, Douglass was the speaker. In his speech, Douglass spoke about Lincoln, telling what he perceived as both the positive and negative attributes of him.

  12. Frederick Douglass had three keys to life: Believe in yourself. Take advantage of every opportunity. Use the power of spoken and written language to effect positive change for yourself and society.

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