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Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 [a] – 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.
In 1838, Frederick Douglass, the runaway slave who became a famous abolitionist, settled in New Bedford. He writes in detail about the life and times of New Bedford in the late 1840s in his celebrated autobiography. [125] [126] [127] A historic building and monument dedicated to Douglass can be found today at the Nathan and Polly Johnson ...
She lived with Frederick and Anna Douglass in Lynn, Massachusetts from 1842 or 1844 until 1847. Some accounts say that Douglass and Cox first met at an antislavery meeting in West Chester, Pennsylvania in August 1844, as Cox was fleeing north.
A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on Wednesday, the first bust of an African American to be permanently added to the Massachusetts ...
The reconstructed "Growlery" where Douglass worked at his writing Douglass's study. After moving to his new house, Frederick Douglass read and also wrote his books in the studio that is located in the yard of the house, one of them was his last autobiographical book, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, first published in 1881 and reissued 10 years later. [2]
Frederick Douglass Boulevard – a continuation of Eighth Avenue north of Frederick Douglass Circle, starting at 110th Street; Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, Anacostia; Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge, Rochester, New York; Frederick Douglass Avenue-Runs from Main St to Warren Ave in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Douglass passed in 1895, but his life and work played a significant role in shaping the discourse on slavery, freedom and civil rights in the United States. Honor his legacy with 45 Frederick ...
Frederick Douglass moves to Lynn. [11] September 28 - Frederick Douglass is thrown off [12] the Eastern Railroad train at Lynn Central Square station for refusing to sit in the segregated coach [13] [14] [15] 1845 Frederick Douglass writes his first autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave [13] while living ...