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Frederick Douglass - College Term Papers

Frederick Douglass


Born into slavery, lived to become one of the
most influential figures in African American history. As a young man and a
slave in Maryland, was recognized as a bright young man
by both blacks and whites. During his life as a slave in Baltimore he
learned to read and write and passed his knowledge along to other blacks in
Baltimore. Douglass is remembered as a great speaker. His speaking
abilities were developed in the secret debating club called the East
Baltimore Mental Improvement Society.

He escaped from slavery to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1838.
There he discovered the newspaper of the leading white abolitionist William
Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator. Douglass and ...

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struggle for human rights. He spoke in favor of Irish home rule and
eventually would speak on behalf of the landless European peasantry,
women's suffrage, prison reform, free public school education and universal
peace. In 1846 he wrote to Garrison, "I cannot allow myself to be
insensitive to the wrongs and sufferings of any part of the great family of
man."

Douglass would eventually split with Garrison and the largely white
abolitionist movement to work more closely with the Black leaders of the
time. Many of the leading black figures of the time were critical of
Douglass. They did not believe that justice could ever be achieved for
Blacks in this country while Douglass maintained an optimistic vision for
America.

During the Civil War Frederick Douglass worked as an enlistment
officer and encouraged President Lincoln to make Emancipation an issue in
the Civil War. Following the war Douglass would work for the Freedman's
Bureau, the Freedman Bank and hold ...

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Added: 7/13/2005 04:28:21 AM
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