The Life of Frederick Douglas
"Without a struggle there can be no progress."
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became a famous abolitionist, author, and public speaker who wanted to end slavery before and during the Civil War. He was born into slavery around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. One thing that I found to be really interesting was that he was not really sure of his exact date of birth due to the circumstances of his birth.
At Birth his name Frederick Bailey and when he escaped from slavery he decided to change his name to Frederick Douglass. At the age of six Douglass was taken away from the last of his blood family and sent to live and work on the wye house plantation in Maryland. During his time here he taught himself how to read and write and soon after he started teaching other enslaved people how to read using the Bible.
Years later is 1838, Douglass was able to escape from slavery and arrived in New York at a safe house for abolitionist. After being in New York for some time he found his wife and after getting married, they moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
While in New Bedford, he discovered Lloyd Garrison’s abolitionist newspaper “The Liberator”. This paper inspired Douglass to become the abolitionist, public speaker, and author as we know.
This inspiration led Douglass to many accomplishments including his famous newspaper “The North Star” which was created to promote abolitionist ideas. The paper began in 1847, and covered the injustices of slavery and exposed the country to the horrors of slavery.
As a result, Douglass has became an inspiration to us today because he was able to advocate for those who did not have a voice in multiple different ways, and he helped make this world a better place for those who were at a disadvantage, and for that he will always be remembered in our history.
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