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Frederick Douglass

Born

in Talbot County, Maryland, The United States

February 14, 1818

Died

February 20, 1895

Genre

Biography, Civil Rights

Influences

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Frederick Douglass (né Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was born a slave in the state of Maryland in 1818. After his escape from slavery, Douglass became a renowned abolitionist, editor and feminist. 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.

His first of three autobiographies, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, was published in 1845. In 1847 he moved to Rochester, New York, and started working with fellow abolitionist Martin R. Delany to publish a weekly anti-slavery newspaper, North Star. Douglass was the only man to speak in favor of Elizabeth C ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 153,313 ratings · 8,485 reviews · 786 distinct works • Similar authors

	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.11 avg rating — 125,199 ratings — published 1845 — 3788 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass, John David Smith (Editor) 4.37 avg rating — 11,890 ratings — published 1855 — 1186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life and Times of Frederick Douglass 4.34 avg rating — 1,746 ratings — published 1881 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Kwame Anthony Appiah (Introduction) 4.11 avg rating — 1,461 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass, Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 819 ratings — published 1994 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? 4.68 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 1852 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heroic Slave 3.75 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 1853 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass 4.24 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1994 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frederick Douglass: The Most Complete Collection of His Written Works & Speeches 4.47 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words 4.16 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1993 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies (3 books)
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Frederick Douglass

4.14 avg rating — 139,640 ratings

The Frederick Douglass Papers Series (7 books)
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Frederick Douglass,

John R. Kaufman-McKivigan (Editor)

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