Frederick Douglass

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This paper describes the life of Douglass as a child growing up as a slave, his escape to New York and the way in which he became involved in the abolition and anti-slavery movement. It also discusses his works, books and journals as well as a look at his skills as an excellent orator.

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"Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) is most often remembered as being the "most prominent African American orator, journalist and antislavery leader of the 19th century". (Encarta) Douglass was himself an escaped slave who campaigned for the abolition of slavery. He published his autobiography in three complete versions, which depicted his life as a slave in the South and a runaway slave in the North. He described what life as a free black was like before the Civil War; throughout his life he fought for equal rights for African Americans and he held several positions within the government. He was born in 1817 in Talbot County, Maryland to a slave named Harriet Bailey and an unknown white man. Because his mother was a slave, he also became a slave."

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