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ID number:525032
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Published: 01.01.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Frederick Douglass has been considered one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement, which he fought to end slavery in the United States in the period just prior to the Civil War. He was recognized as one of America's first great black speakers. Douglass also served as an adviser to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Frederick Douglass fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights and other civil liberties for blacks. Douglass provided a powerful voice in human rights.
Douglass was the son of a slave, Harriet Bailey, and was largely self-educated. Poor treatment instilled him hatred of slavery. He failed in an attempt to escape in 1836, but two years later he succeeded and went to New York. (Wagnalls 307). Alone in New York, Douglass realized that although he was free, he was not free of cares. While he was in New York, he learned that southern slave catchers were roaming around looking for fugitives to take into work for them. In the process of looking for a place to live Douglass met a man involved in the underground railroad, a network of people who harbored runaway slaves and helped transport them to safe areas in the United States. (Nichols 25). …

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