Frederick Douglass facts for kids
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Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Agustus Washington Bailey
February 14, 1818 Talbot County, Maryland
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| Died | February 20, 1895 (aged 77) |
| Cause of death | heart attack or stroke |
| Other names | Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Hellen Pitt |
| Children | 5 |
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American in the 19th century. He was born as a slave in Maryland, but learned to read and escaped to the North in the 1830s.
He soon became an abolitionist (someone who wants to end slavery), and worked with other abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison. He was the most powerful speaker for abolitionism. Frederick also published his own newspaper "North Star". He wrote two books, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and My Bondage and My Freedom. Douglass spent several years in England and Ireland. During the Civil War, Douglass was the most famous black man in the country, and met Abraham Lincoln. After the War, he served as Ambassador to Haiti and an advocate for equal rights for African-Americans.
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Images for kids
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Anna Murray-Douglass, Douglass's wife for 44 years, portrait ca. 1860.
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William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist and one of Douglass's first friends in the North
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Frederick Douglass in 1856, around 38 years of age.
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1863 Broadside listing Douglass as a speaker calling men of color to arms.
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Frederick Douglass in 1876, around 58 years of age
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Douglass' former residence in the U Street Corridor of Washington, D.C. He built 2000–2004 17th Street, N.W., in 1875.
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Frederick Douglass after 1884 with his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass (sitting). The woman standing is her sister Eva Pitts.
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Cedar Hill, Douglass' house in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., is preserved as a National Historic Site.
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Gravestone of Frederick Douglass located in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
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Poster from Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. News Bureau, 1943
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1965 US Postage Stamp, published during the upsurge of the Civil Rights Movement
