Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket.

Frederick Douglass (February 14, 1817 - February 20, 1895); American abolitionist, journalist, and orator, often referred to as the "father" of the modern civil rights movement.

Activists & Reformers Frederick Douglass ; ... Frederick Douglass once told a group of African American students from a school in Talbot County, Maryland, "What was possible for me is possible for you.

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The papers of Frederick Douglass span the years 1841 to 1964, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1862-95. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and articles by ...

Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, a slave, in Tuckahoe, Talbot County, Maryland. Mother is a slave, Harriet Bailey, and father is a white man, rumored to be his master, Aaron Anthony.

Frederick Douglass purchased his final home in 1877, and named it Cedar Hill. ... Frederick Douglass' life spanned nearly eighty years, from the time that slavery was universal in American states to

; The Life of Frederick Douglass; ... Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818, and was given the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (Baly),

Preface by William Lloyd Garrison ... Preface by Wendell Phillips

Providing a Frederick Douglass biography, links to texts of his works, and help with term papers, essays, or other assignments. ... Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland. He was born