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|name=Frederick Douglass

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|birth_date=February 14, 1818

|birth_date=c. February 1817

|birth_place=Maryland

|birth_place=Cordova, Maryland

|death_date=February 20, 1895 (aged 78)

|death_date=February 20, 1895 (aged c. 78)

|death_place=Washington D.C

|death_place=[[Washington D.C.]]

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'''Frederick Douglass''' (February 14, 1818 - February 20, 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''' (c. February 1817 - February 20, 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 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]]ist 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]]ist Liberator Newspaper, hired him.