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Frederick Douglass. By Devon. Frederick Douglass. Born:February 1817 (exact date uncertain) Died:February 20,1895. Frederick Douglass.
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Frederick Douglass By Devon
Frederick Douglass • Born:February 1817 (exact date uncertain) • Died:February 20,1895
Frederick Douglass • Frederick Douglass grew up to become a leader in the abolitionist movement and the first black citizen to hold high rank ( as U.S. minister and consul general to Haiti) in the U.S. government.
Frederick Douglass • Frederick Douglass once told a group of African American students from a school in Talbot county,Maryland, “What was possible for me is possible for you. Do not think because you are colored you cannot accomplish anything.”
Frederick Douglass • Frederick Douglass speaks at a meeting of a national council of women in Washington D.C. dies suddenly of heart failure.