Frederick Douglass is a very important person in US history
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Many probably do not know that one of the foremost ***** leaders in American history was born and reared as a slave on the Delmarva Peninsula.
This famous abolitionist, orator, and journalist, was named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, but after his escape from slavery he assumed the name of Frederick Douglass. He was born at Tuckahoe, near Hillsboro, or about 12 miles from Easton, the son of a white father, and Harriet Bailey, a slave who also had some Indian blood.
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Although his earlier years had been ones of difficulty and hardship, after the Civil War his days for the most part were of ease and honor, well earned. President Hayes appointed him U.S. Marshal of the District of Columbia. This was a position of honor as well as of importance, for one duty of the marshal was to present all guests to the President at state functions. Later he was appointed Recorder of Deeds of Columbia, which, because it was supported by the fee system, was a well – paying office. When Cleveland, the first Democrat to hold the presidential office in 24 years, took office in 1885 he kept Douglass in office and continued to invite him to the White House for receptions. In 1889 Douglass had the honor of being appointed the American minister to the ***** Republic of Haiti.
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Douglass was active in the reform movement to the end of his days: in fact, he attended a woman – suffrage convention in Washington on the day of his death, February 20, 1895.
2006-10-27 05:57:04
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answered by QuiteNewHere 7
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Frederick Douglass was an Abolitionist.
2006-10-27 06:19:00
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answered by Jim P 4
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The American Anti-Slavery Society
"Douglass joined various organizations in New Bedford, Massachusetts, including a black church, and regularly attended Abolitionist meetings. He subscribed to William Lloyd Garrison's weekly journal, The Liberator, and in 1841, he heard Garrison speak at the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society's annual meeting. Douglass was inspired by Garrison, later stating, "no face and form ever impressed me with such sentiments (the hatred of slavery) as did those of William Lloyd Garrison." Garrison was likewise impressed with Douglass, and mentioned him in the 'Liberator'.
Several days later, Douglass gave his first speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's annual convention in Nantucket. Twenty-three years old at the time, Douglass later said that his legs were shaking. He conquered his nervousness and gave an eloquent speech about his life as a slave.
In 1843, Douglass participated in the American Anti-Slavery Society's Hundred Conventions project, a six month tour of meeting halls throughout the east and middle west of the United States. He participated in the Seneca Falls Convention, the birthplace of the American feminist movement, and was a signatory of its Declaration of Sentiments."
I thought he might belong to "The Society of Friends", that is, the Quakers, but apparently not since he was
an ordained minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
2006-10-27 06:01:43
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answered by johnslat 7
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Frederick Douglass (February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia," Douglass was one of the most prominent figures of African American history during his time, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history.
2006-10-27 06:00:13
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answered by Anonymous
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Abolitionist.
2006-10-27 07:07:10
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answered by claudia d 1
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS ?
2006-10-27 05:45:42
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answered by amerye950 4
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