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Jun 13, 2012 · Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass (c. 1817–1895) is a central figure in U.S. and African American history. [ 1] He was born into slavery circa 1817; his mother was an enslaved black woman, while his father was reputed to be his white master. Douglass escaped from slavery in 1838 and rose to become a principal leader and spokesperson for ...
257 Copy quote. I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. Frederick Douglass. Respect, Fear, Integrity. Frederick Douglass (2013). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, p.54, Simon and Schuster.
Suffragist, publisher, author. In his journey from captive slave to internationally renowned activist, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) has been a source of inspiration and hope for millions. His brilliant words and brave actions continue to shape the ways that we think about race, democracy, and the meaning of freedom. Slavery and Escape.
Born a slave in Tuckahoe, Maryland, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) would rise to become one of the foremost African American leaders of the nineteenth century. Sent to Baltimore while still a boy to be trained as a house servant, he started to learn to read and write with the assistance of his owner’s wife, Sophia Auld, although it was ...
Sep 3, 2013 · Frederick Douglass, circa 1847. In spite of the obstacles, Douglass arrived safely in New York less than 24 hours after leaving Baltimore. Although on free soil, Douglass was not legally a free man.
The Frederick Douglass Papers collects, edits, and publishes in books and online the speeches, letters, autobiographies, and other writings of Frederick Douglass. The project's primary aim has been to make the surviving works by this African American figure accessible to a broad audience, much as similar projects have done for the papers of notable white historical and literary figures.
Frederick Douglass, the best-known and most influential African American spokesman of his time, considered these facts and offered a solution in the following speech of September 24, 1883. The text of the speech comes from Three Addresses on the Relations Subsisting Between the White and Colored People of the United States, Washington, 1886, pp. 3–23.
