Despite apprehensions that the information might endanger his freedom, Douglass published his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself.

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This was a portrait meant to move minds and hearts. Douglass, we learn in Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century’s Most Photographed American ...

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Having escaped from slavery at age 20, he took the name Frederick Douglass for himself and became an advocate of abolition. Douglass traveled widely, and often perilously, to lecture against slavery.

Douglass was born a slave in Maryland in 1818 and was launched into the pantheon of black leaders when he published an autobiography – “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American ...

From escaped slave to worldwide advocate of abolition and social justice, Frederick Douglass's larger ... earning enough from his autobiography to purchase his freedom. He pressed President ...