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Frederick Douglass (Personal Life (Early Stages of Life (Born sometime in…
Frederick Douglass
Personal Life
Early Stages of Life
Born sometime in February 1818, on a plantation in Maryland
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Civil War
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1860: Herd the South would execute or enslave any captured black soldiers he urged President Lincoln to do something about it.
1860: President Lincoln warned the South that for every Union prisoner killed, he would execute a rebel soldier.
1863: President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This stated “All persons held as slaves within any States…in rebellion against the United States,” it declared, “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
Gaining Freedom
1835: Sent from Baltimore, back to his plantation where he made an attempt to escape to freedom, which failed
In New York, he disguised himself as a sailor and carried papers that showed he was a free black seaman.
1838: Boarded a train to the North and after 24 hours of travel, Douglass arrived in New York as a free man.
Abolitionist Influencer
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Writer
1845: Published his first autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass an America Slave"
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Women's Right
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1848: Attended the first women's rights convention held at Seneca Falls, New York.
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“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”