Bestselling author, brilliant orator, and effective champion for abolition, Frederick Douglass is an inspiration to all Americans. Born a slave in 1817, Douglass escaped to freedom in 1838 while continuing to advocate for the freedom of all slaves. He directed the local underground railroad in Rochester, which smuggled escaped slaves into Canada, and was also publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper. His books, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) and My Bondage and M
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