SkipCaptcha, Automoderated users, edit
3,296
edits
Changes
no edit summary
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Frederick Douglass
|name=Frederick Douglass
| image = Freddouglas.jpg
|image=Freddouglas.jpg
| birth_date = February, 1818
|birth_date=February 14, 1818
| birth_place = Maryland
|birth_place=Maryland
| death_date = February 20, 1895
|death_date=February 20, 1895 (aged 78)
| death_place = Washington D.C.
|death_place=Washington D.C
| nationality = American
|religion=
| spouse = Anna Murray-Douglass<br />
|spouse=
|children=
| religion = Christian
|alma_mater=
|party=Republican
|office=United States Minister Resident to Haiti
|term_start=November 14, 1889
|term_end=July 30, 1891
|preceded=John E. W. Thompson
|succeeded=John S. Durham
}}
}}
'''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''' (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]].
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.