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FREDERICK DOUGLASS 1818-1895. BACKROUND. -Real name: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Changed his name to fool slave hunters. Born around February 1818, in Tuckahoe, Maryland. SLAVERY IN HIS LIFE. -He was born into slavery, and he escaped at age 20. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS1818-1895
BACKROUND
-Real name: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey.
- Changed his name to fool slave hunters.- Born around February 1818, in Tuckahoe,
Maryland.
SLAVERY IN HIS LIFE-He was born into slavery, and he escaped at
age 20. - Secretly as a child he learned illegally to read
and write. - He fled to England, and with his friends’ help
he eventually he bought his freedom in 1847.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Made many great speeches country-wide. - Produced his own paper called “The North
Star”. - Became the Minster of Haiti(1889-1891).- Appointed U.S. Marshall of District of
Colombia(1877-1881).- Met with President Lincoln t discuss the
unfair treatment of blacks.
FAMILY
- Married a free woman named Anna Murray. - They had five children together.
END OF HIS LIFE
-Died on February 20, 1895 at the age of 77. - The cause of death was a heart
attack. (There is a bust of him in Baltimore,
MD.)
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1. WHAT WAS HE MOST FAMOUS FOR?
2. WHAT WAS DID HE ACCOMPLISH IN HIS LIFE?
1A. SPEECHES
2A. MINISTER OF HAITI, U.S. MARSHALL OF COLOMBIA, PRODUCED HIS OWN NEWPAPER”NORTH STAR”
THE END