Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), one of the most prominent figures in African American and U.S. history, was born into slavery and rose up to become an abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer.
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"I had reached the point, at which I was not afraid to die. This spirit made me a freeman in fact, while I remained a slave in form." An Autobiographical Classic of American Literature Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became a ... SEE MORE