Frederick Douglas

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The paper discusses how Frederick Douglas is best known for his written works and his speeches against slavery. The paper relates that Frederick Douglas wrote three very powerful autobiographies about his life and experiences as a slave and as a free man. The paper looks at several inhumane elements of slavery that are seen within his biographies.

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"Frederick Douglas was born into slavery in Tuckahoe Maryland in February 1818 to a black mother and a white father. He was separated from his mother during infancy and because his father was white, he never knew him. However, Frederick Douglas often believed that his very own slave master was his father, Capitan Aaron Anthony. His mother died when he was seven years old and the man who he thought to be his father died when he was twelve years old. After the death of his father he was sent to Baltimore to live and slave for his father's brother, Hugh Augh."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Douglass, Frederick, "The Hypocrisy of Slavery" (speech), at The History Place: Great Speeches, http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/douglass.htm
• Douglass, Frederick, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written By Himself, (1845), electronic text, at http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/DOUGLASS/duglas11.txt
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, "American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass (exhibit, timeline, etc.), at http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/

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