Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1818 - February 20, 1895)  was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass


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