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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: The Speeches of Frederick Douglass: A Critical Edition

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Frederick Douglas: Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave

    First published in 2003 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Frederick Douglass Collection: A Library of America Boxed Set

    First published in 2023 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Vie de Frédéric Douglass, Esclave Américain

    First published in 2017 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: My Bondage and My Freedom : (Annotated)(Biography)

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  • Cover of: Why Is the Negro Lynched?

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  • Cover of: Around the Island of Santo Domingo

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  • Cover of: Two Addresses on John Brown: Frederick Douglass' John Brown Henry David Thoreau's A Plea for Captain John Brown

    First published in 2013 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: John Brown: An Address and Other Writings

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  • Cover of: Frederick Douglass My Bondage and My Freedom: An Autobiographical Slave Narrative Written by Frederick Douglass

    First published in 2020 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass . ILLUSTRATION: His Complete History to the Present Time / WRITTEN by HIMSELF /

    First published in 2019 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Frederick Douglass Papers : Series Two : Autobiographical Writings, Volume 3: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

    First published in 2012 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: John Brown Reader

    First published in 2021 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Other Works

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  • Cover of: The reason why the colored American is not in the World's Columbian exposition: The Afro-American's contribution to Columbian literature ...

    First published in 1893 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln papers: at the Library of Congress American memory project

    First published in 2004 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: "I love you, but hate slavery": an unpublished letter of Frederick Douglass to his former master, Hugh Auld : a manuscript from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, published on the occasion of the third Frederick Douglass Book Prize, awarded by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University

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  • Cover of: The Negro people in a democratic war

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Frederick Douglass papers: Series one: Speeches, debates, and interviews. Volume 1: 1841-46
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    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A letter from Frederick Douglass to his old master, written on the anniversary of his liberation from slavery

    First published in 1848 — 1 edition
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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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