Frederick Douglass - The Man
Date Submitted: 09/20/2004 04:58:44
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (529 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (529 words)
Frederick Douglass - The man
On an unknown date in 1817, on a slave plantation in Tuckahoe Maryland,
Frederick August Washington Bailey was born. Frederick was raised in a house
on the plantation with all the other slave children. At the age of seven,
like many other slaves, Frederick was put to work in the fields. As a young
child he would wonder why he was a slave, and why everyone can't be equal.
His thoughts …
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…was respected as a leader of ex-slaves. Frederick soon fought
for the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments for the U.S. Constitution, which gave
rights to everyone. He became U.S marshal for the District of Columbia
(1877-81), recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia (1881-86) and U.S.
minister to the Republic of Haiti (1889-91). After his death in 1895, people
mourned the loss of one of the great freedom fighters of the 1800's.
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