who was frederick douglass???

Question

and why is he a hero? thanks doodes

Answer 1

Frederick Douglass (February 14[1], 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.

Answer 2

Born: February 1817 (exact date uncertain)
Died: February 20, 1895
Frederick Douglass once told a group of African American students from a school in Talbot County, Maryland, "What was possible for me is possible for you. Do not think because you are colored you cannot accomplish anything. Strive earnestly to add to your knowledge. So long as you remain in ignorance, so long will you fail to command the respect of your fellow men." Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave mother and a white father he never knew, Frederick Douglass grew up to become a leader in the abolitionist movement and the first black citizen to hold high rank (as U.S. minister and consul general to Haiti) in the U.S. government.

Answer 3

He was born a slave in Maryland. He was freed before the Civil War. Prior to the war he became an open speaker of abolition. He and Abraham Lincoln were friends.

Answer 4

He was a slave who had been freed and fought for civil rights and against slavery during the Civil War era.

Answer 5

a former slave who gained his freedom then spoek on behalf of abolition until his death in the late 1800s. he was a very outspoken advocate and was one of the first balck spokesman for teh antislavery movement.

Answer 6

He was a very important man of his era, check out the link...

Answer 7

he wrote an anti-slavery newspaper called THE LIBERATOR in which he tried to persuade americans against the evils of slavery.

Answer 8

He was an actor, hero maybe if his films. He is believed to have been secretly gay, but womanized for cover.