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  2. Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Lewis Henry Douglass - Wikipedia

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    Douglass was later wounded and became ill, forcing him to be medically discharged from the army in 1864. [5] After the Civil War, he worked as a teacher for the Freedman's Bureau. [5] In 1866, Lewis and his brother, Frederick Douglass, Jr. went to Denver where they were hosted by Henry O. Wagoner, a friend of their father.

  4. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. 'Representation is powerful': Bust of Frederick Douglass ...

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    "Today, Frederick Douglass takes his long-overdue place among our nation's founding fathers in the Senate chamber, where he will inspire generations of Massachusetts lawmakers to lead as he did ...

  6. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia

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    Frederick Douglass, c.1879. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is Frederick Douglass's third autobiography, published in 1881, revised in 1892. Because of the emancipation of American slaves during and following the American Civil War, Douglass gave more details about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery in this volume than he could in his two previous autobiographies (which would ...

  7. 45 Frederick Douglass Quotes To Celebrate His ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. New National Era - Wikipedia

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    Originally known as the New Era, the pioneering abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass renamed it in 1870 when he became the newspaper's publisher and editor. [ 2 ] The first issue under Douglas was published on January 13, 1870, and was largely devoted to coverage of the Colored National Labor Union , which had convened its inaugural ...