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Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Likewise, Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been a slave.

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Born	Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey 14 February 1818 Talbot County, Maryland
Died	20 February 1895 (aged 77) Washington, D.C.
Zodiac	Aquarius
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Joseph Douglass · Grandson · 1871-1935 · American musician edit info

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Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry · Granddaughter · 1872-1943 · American social welfare activist edit info

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