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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (c. February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.

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African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

Born 14 Feb 1818
Died 20 Feb 1895

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  • Cover of: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

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  • Cover of: My bondage and my freedom
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  • Cover of: The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
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  • Cover of: The Heroic Slave
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  • Cover of: Why is the Negro lynched?
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    Cover of edition whyisthenegrolynched_2103_librivox First published in 1895 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The anti-slavery movement
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  • Cover of: Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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  • Cover of: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

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  • Cover of: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Core Classics

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience
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  • Cover of: Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass
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  • Cover of: The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series One : Speeches, Debates, and Interviews, 1864-1880

    First published in 1979 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Abolition fanaticism in New York.: Speech of a runaway slave from Baltimore, at an abolition meeting in New York, held May 11, 1847.
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  • Cover of: Frederick Douglass: In His Own Words

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  • Cover of: Three classic African-American novels
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  • Cover of: The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass

    First published in 1950 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1945 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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    First published in 1960 — 5 editions
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African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

Born 14 Feb 1818
Died 20 Feb 1895

Subjects

History, African Americans, Antislavery movements, Slavery, Abolitionists, Biography, Slaves, Douglass, frederick, 1818-1895, African American abolitionists, Antislavery movements, united states, Correspondence, Social conditions, United states, history, Civil rights, Race relations, Sources, Social sciences, Fugitive slaves, Speeches, addresses, etc., American, African americans, biography, Plantation life, Slavery, united states, history, Slaves' writings, American, Slaves, united states, African American authors

Places

United States, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York (State), États-Unis, Boston, Alabama, Haiti, Owl Creek Bridge, Rochester, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, England, Mallard residence, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Virginia, Washington (D.C.), Africa, Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

People

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Devil, Maria Weston Chapman (1806-1885), Peyton Farquhar, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, George Thompson (1804-1878), Giles Corey, God, James Needham Buffum (1807-1887), John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor

Time

19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-1865, American Civil War, 1692, 1861-65, 19e siècle, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1600s, 1845-1861, 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession), 1865-1918, 18th century, 20th century, Civil War, December, John Brown's Raid, 1859, To 1863, To 1865, carnival

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Alternative names

  • Douglass Frederick

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