Description: Fredrick Douglass - Autobiography
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Fredrick Douglass
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Accomplishments
- 1845 - First Autobiography - Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass
- In Rochester, he embraced women's rights movements, supported anti-slavery rights
- He opened his first printing press, North Star
- 1855 - Second Autobiography - My Bondage My Freedom
- 1881 - Third Autobiography - Life and times of Fredrick Douglass
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Life Events
- Was born as Fredrick Augustus Washington Bailey in February 1818
- At 15, he was sent back to the Eastern shore to labor, he rebelled and escaped
- At an early age, he realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom, he taught himself to read and write
- At 12, he bought a book "Columbian Orator", that contained revolutionary speeches, debates on natural rights
- On September 3,1838 Fredrick disguised himself and landed in New York considering himself free
- On February 20, 1885 Fredrick Douglass died of Cardiac arrest
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The Abolitionlist Movement
- Worked as a laborer
- Adopted the last name 'Douglass
- He participated in abolitionist meetings and landed a job in Massachusetts Anti -slavery society
- He gained reputation as an orator
- Published his first autobiography
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Quotes
- "It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"
- "Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave"
- "You are not judged by the heights you have risen but from the depths you have climbed"
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