Frederick Douglass 1818-1850

1. Frederick Douglass1818-1850 By: Haylee Flory

2. Frederick Douglass “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”

3. Facts About Frederick Douglass • He was born into slavery in the state of Maryland on February 17,1818, with the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. • When Douglass was about twelve years old, Hugh Auld’s wife Sophia started to teach him the alphabet despite the fact that it was against the law to teach slaves to read. • When Douglass was hired out to William Freeland, he taught other slaves on the plantation to read the New Testament at a weekly Sunday school.

4. Facts Continued… • Douglass wrote several autobiographies, describing his life as a slave, and his struggles to be free. • After the Civil War, he remained active in the United States’ struggle to reach its potential as a “land of the free.” • He actively supported women’s suffrage. • Frederick Douglass died on February 20, 1895.

5. Anti-Slavery Society • The American Anti-Slavery Society was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. • Established in 1833 • Frederick Douglass was a key leader of this society and often spoke at its meetings. • Frederick became famous for his outstanding speeches…if it wasn’t for the help of Sophia Auld, who taught him how to read and write.

7. He is considered the most important black American of the 19th century.