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Frederick Douglass

Civil War Era

Born:: c. Feb 1818 · Talbot County, Maryland
Died:: Feb 20, 1895 · Washington, D.C.
Known as:: Abolitionist, Writer & Statesman

About me

I escaped from slavery and became one of the most powerful speakers and writers in American history, fighting to end slavery and to win equal rights for Black Americans and women.

Big contributions

Wrote the famous autobiography 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' (1845)
Leading abolitionist speaker and newspaper publisher (The North Star)
Advised President Lincoln during the Civil War
Champion of women's suffrage at Seneca Falls (1848)

Fun fact!

I secretly taught myself to read and write while enslaved — because I knew learning was the path to freedom.

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