Frederick Douglass
African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818-1895) · United States · Writers · Died at 77
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Something wrong?Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
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Anna Murray Douglass, Douglass's wife for 44 years, portrait c. 1860
Frederick Douglass after 1884 with his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass (sitting). The woman standing is her sister Eva Pitts.
Douglass, c. 1840s, in his 20s
The home and meetinghouse of the Johnsons, where Douglass and his wife lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts
William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist and one of Douglass's first friends in the North
Plaque to Frederick Douglass, West Bell St., Dundee, Scotland
Douglass in 1847, around 29 years of ageAwards
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1818 to 1895 · aged 77
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