A biography frederick douglas
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Reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Candace Press, 1996. His third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, was published in 1881 and enlarged in 1892.) Publishing
The Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, in 1818, became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time. From this time until approximately two years before his death Douglass held a succession of offices, including that of recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia and minister to the Republic of Haiti.
Boston: Anti-slavery Office, 1845.
The end of the Civil War and the freeing of the slaves did not mean that Douglass was able to rest. Douglass was offered a job as an agent for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. He had played a major role in changing history. Douglass, with the support of Garrison, published his first, of three autobiographies, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
After 8 years of alliance Douglass broke with Garrison because he had developed a different view of abolition by influencing policy and not just public opinion.
It became an immediate bestseller, and within three years was reprinted nine times, translated into French and Dutch, and circulated across the United States and Europe.
Russell, Sharman. Reprint, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1997. Hartford, CT, Park Publishing, 1881. Douglass, however, could see no benefit from Brown's plan and refused to lend his support.
Douglass's life improved somewhat while working for the Aulds. He was separated from his parents, and he was forced to work hard and suffered cruel treatment while working on the property of Captain Aaron Anthony. As a slave, Douglass was not allowed to have much of a childhood.
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