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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.
Booklist, in a starred review, wrote "Focused, informative writing and strong, effective illustrations combine to make this the go-to Frederick Douglass biography for younger students." [1] and the School Library Journal wrote "Although this title is similar in scope to Doreen Rappaport's Frederick's Journey, the two books complement each other ...
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass Jr. (March 3, 1842 – July 26, 1892) was the second son of Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna Murray Douglass.Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he was an abolitionist, essayist, newspaper editor, and an official recruiter of African-American soldiers for the United States Union Army during the American Civil War.
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 ...
Charles Remond Douglass (October 21, 1844 – November 23, 1920) was the third and youngest son of Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass.He was the first African-American man to enlist in the military in New York during the Civil War, and served as one of the first African-American clerks in the Freedmen's Bureau in Washington, D.C.
Anna Murray Douglass (1813–1882) abolitionist, first wife of Frederick Douglass Rosetta Douglass-Sprague (1839–1906), teacher and activist Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry (1872–1943), philanthropist; Lewis Henry Douglass (1840–1908), soldier; Frederick Douglass, Jr. (1842–1892), abolitionist, essayist, newspaper editor, soldier [3]
It is the first of Douglass's three autobiographies, the others being My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881, revised 1892). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period.
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