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'''Frederick Douglass''' (1818-1895), born as Frederick Baily, was raised as a [[slave]].  He escaped to [[Massachusetts]] at age 20 and changed his name to Frederick Douglass in order to conceal himself from slave catchers. He was a member of the [[Republican Party]].

'''Frederick Douglass''' (1818-1895), born as Frederick Baily, was raised as a [[slave]].  He escaped to [[Massachusetts]] at age 20 and changed his name to Frederick Douglass in order to conceal himself from slave catchers. He was a member of the [[Republican Party]].

He developed marvelous [[debate|debating]] and [[oration|oratory]] skills to expose the injustices of slavery. [[William Lloyd Garrison]], publisher of the [[abolition|abolitionist]] Liberator Newspaper, hired him.   

He developed marvelous [[debate|debating]] and [[oration|oratory]] skills to expose the injustices of slavery by reading the book [[The Columbian Orator]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HnAktoctDuIC&pg=PA49 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass],p. 49, "Every opportunity I got, I used to read this book."</ref> which he started to read around age 12. [[William Lloyd Garrison]], publisher of the [[abolition|abolitionist]] Liberator Newspaper, hired him.   

Douglass published a best-selling [[autobiography]], but then felt he had to flee to [[England]] to avoid being caught by slave catchers.  Reformer Daniel O'Connell formed a friendship with him there.

Douglass published a best-selling [[autobiography]], but then felt he had to flee to [[England]] to avoid being caught by slave catchers.  Reformer Daniel O'Connell formed a friendship with him there.

Douglass wrote, "I loved all mankind, slaveholder not excepted, though I abhorred slavery more than ever. I saw the world in a new light ... I gathered scattered pages of the Bible from the filthy street gutters, and washed and dried them, that ... I might get a word or two of wisdom from them."

Douglass wrote, "I loved all mankind, slaveholder not excepted, though I abhorred slavery more than ever. I saw the world in a new light ... I gathered scattered pages of the Bible from the filthy street gutters, and washed and dried them, that ... I might get a word or two of wisdom from them."

==see also==

==see also==

==References==

==References==

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==External links==

==External links==

* [https://librivox.org/author/4407 Works by Frederick Douglass - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]

* [https://librivox.org/author/4407 Works by Frederick Douglass - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]

[[Category:Abolitionists]]

[[Category:Abolitionists]]