Fredrick Douglass
He devoted his life to the abolition of slavery; this man was Frederick Douglass. Douglass was born in 1818 in Tuckahoe, Maryland. He was born into slavery and named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Frederick's mother, Harriet Bailey, was also a slave, who worked in the cotton fields all day long. His old grandmother mainly raised him. Let's take a closer look into a great man's life in the 1800's. Frederick Douglass was best known for his non-violent struggle for black's freedom and rights. Douglass was a brilliant speaker. He spoke all over northern America about the abolition of slavery. After escaping slavery and moving to Rochester, New York he started the first of his two newspapers: The North Star. This was a very popular antislavery newspaper. He also had many conferences about slavery. Some conferences included talks with President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and Douglass shared many of the same views on slavery and black rights. During the Civil War, Douglass served as an adviser to President L
He helped hundreds of runaway slaves' escape to upstate New York and Quebec Canada. Douglass unfortunately had many negative influences in his life about slavery. I hope that after reading this report you can see shat I see a great man whose life should always be remembered. In Douglass' later years he was involved in many government services throughout the United States. While Douglass was a slave, hardship was endured while not having the necessities of enough food and clothing. This was intended to carry out the work of elevating the position of black African Americans. He could be considered by some the Martin Luther King Jr. As a slave for his first twenty years of life he saw how poorly blacks were treated. Slavery changed Douglass' life by how he endured its harsh, brutal and deadly life. Douglass escaped from slavery in 1838, at the age of twenty. When he published his autobiography in 1848, he feared being located and caught. Then he could be returned as a slave to be punished brutally before returning to work for his master. As a young boy being controlled by whites, changed his view of slavery forever.
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