Portrait of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

1818 – 1895

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) was an ex-slave who wrote three accounts of his life as a slave, runaway, and campaigner for the abolition of slavery: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881).

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See the Liberty Matters online discussion on Frederick Douglass on the Right and Duty to Resist

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