Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

  1. Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
  2. Detailed View

Name Entries

Information

person

Name Entries *

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Surname :

Douglass

Forename :

Frederick

Date :

1818-1895

eng

Latn

authorizedForm

rda


Cite

דגלס, פרדריק, 1818-1895

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Surname :

דגלס

Forename :

פרדריק

Date :

1818-1895

heb

Hebr

alternativeForm

rda


Cite

ダグラス, フレデリック, 1818-1895

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Surname :

ダグラス

Forename :

フレデリック

Date :

1818-1895

jpn

Jpan

alternativeForm

rda


Cite

Bailey, Frederick Augustus Washington, 1818-1895

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Surname :

Bailey

Forename :

Frederick Augustus Washington

Date :

1818-1895

eng

Latn

alternativeForm

rda


Cite

Bailey, Freddie, 1818-1895

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Surname :

Bailey

Forename :

Freddie

Date :

1818-1895

eng

Latn

alternativeForm

rda


Cite

Baly, Frederick Augustus Washington, 1818-1895

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Surname :

Baly

Forename :

Frederick Augustus Washington

Date :

1818-1895

eng

Latn

alternativeForm

rda


Cite

Bailey, Fred, 1818-1895

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Surname :

Bailey

Forename :

Fred

Date :

1818-1895

eng

Latn

alternativeForm

rda


Cite

Genders

Exist Dates

Exist Dates - Date Range

1818

1818

Birth

1895-02-20

1895-02-20

Death

Show Fuzzy Range Fields

Cite

Biographical History

Frederick Douglass, a former slave, was a noted lecturer, writer, abolitionist, and diplomat.

From the description of Frederick Douglass letter to George W. Curtis, 1872 September 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50068315

Abolitionist, orator, journalist.

From the description of Note, 1866 April 9. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29647750 From the description of Letter: Washington, D.C., to [Pinckney B.S.] Pinchback, 1875 April 25. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29647656

Abolitionist, diplomat, journalist, and orator.

From the description of Autograph note, [18--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971618

African-American abolitionist, orator, author, diplomat and public official, born in slavery circa 1817.

From the description of Frederick Douglass collection, 1859-1894. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164232 From the guide to the Frederick Douglass collection, 1859-1894, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

Frederick Douglass (1817?-1889), ex-slave, author, editor, social reformer, and abolitionist, born in Tacahoe, Maryland.

From the description of Frederick Douglass papers, 1850-1889. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477755

American diplomat and journalist; born a slave.

From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to B.F. Underwood, 1884 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22341638

The principal nineteenth-century African American abolitionist, orator, reformer, recorder of deeds in Wash., D.C., and later U.S. Minister to Haiti.

From the description of Documents, 1882-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81409789

American abolitionist, editor, wuthor, statesman, and reformer.

From the description of Letter : Cedar Hill, Anacostia, D.C., to Rev. [E. Ranken, D.D.], 1894 Dec. 26. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57054216

Abolitionist, orator, journalist, and U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia.

From the description of Bankruptcy notice, 1880 Dec. 6. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70949904

Alfred Anthony Williams (1860- ), theologian, author and educator, was an executive and administrator of the Committee of the Federal Council of Christ, founder of the Federation Committee of Good Will Between Jews and Christians, and treasurer of the General Conference of Free Baptists.

From the guide to the Alfred Williams Anthony collection, 1679-1944, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Former slave who became a prominent orator and anti-slavery activist.

From the description of Letters, 1855-1857. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 80765800

American abolitionist and author; slave who bought his freedom with proceeds from his lectures.

From the description of Papers of Frederick Douglass [manuscript] 1895-1898. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647875455

Abolitionist, diplomat, journalist, and orator; born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; changed name to Frederick Douglass after his escape from slavery in 1838.

From the description of Frederick Douglass papers, 1841-1967 (bulk 1862-1895). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979855 From the description of Frederick Douglass letter to Passmore Williamson, 1856 May 1. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 671374129

Abolitionist, journalist, and diplomat; born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey.

From the description of Frederick Douglass papers, 1790-1943, (bulk, 1847-1895). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 726861727

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an abolitionist, orator, journalist, and author of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) detailing his life as a slave in Maryland and escape north.

From the description of Frederick Douglass autograph, 1885. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 769136883

Biographical Note

1818, Feb. Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, a slave, on Holme Hill farm on Tuckahoe Creek, Talbot County, Md. 1825 Sent to Baltimore, Md., to live with master's relative 1838 Escaped from slaveholder Married Anna Murray (died 1882) Changed name to Frederick Douglass 1841 Addressed Massachusetts Antislavery Society convention, Nantucket, Mass. 1841 1845 Lectured for antislavery societies 1845 Published Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Boston: Antislavery Office. 125 pp.) 1845 1847 Lectured on slavery, Great Britain and Ireland 1847 Moved to Rochester, N.Y. 1847 1851 Published the North Star 1851 1860 Published Frederick Douglass' Paper 1855 Published My Bondage and My Freedom (New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan. 464 pp.) 1859 Fled to Canada and England to escape arrest on charges of being an accomplice in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, (W.) Va. 1859 1863 Published Douglass' Monthly 1860 Returned to the United States 1863 Recruited for the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment, United States Army, a regiment of African-American men. 1865 1895 Lectured on Reconstruction and women's rights 1870 1874 Owned and edited the New National Era 1871 Toured Santo Domingo 1872 Nominated for vice president by the Equal Rights Party Relocated family to Washington, D.C., after fire destroyed home in Rochester, N.Y. 1874 President of the Freedmen's Bank 1877 Appointed U.S. marshal for the District of Columbia 1878 Purchased "Cedar Hill," Washington, D.C. 1881 Published Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Co. 516 pp.) Appointed recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia 1884 Married Helen Pitts 1886 1887 Toured Europe and Africa 1889 1891 Served as minister and consul general, Republic of Haiti, and chargé d'affaires, Santo Domingo 1892 1893 Commissioner of Haiti exhibit, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. 1895, Feb. 20 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the Frederick Douglass Papers, 1841-1967, (bulk 1862-1895), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress) 1817 Born a slave at Tuckahoe in Talbot County, Maryland 1838 Escaped from slavery and later married Anna Murray. 1844 Published My Experiences in Slavery. 1845 Went to Europe, lectured on slavery for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society 1847 Returned to America as a free man 1847 Began publication of his paper, North Star. 1855 Published My Bondage and My Freedom. 1855 Nominated for office of Secretary of State of New York 1859 Forced to return to England. 1860 Returned to America. 1863 Assisted in recruiting the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Colored regiments. 1869 Established a newspaper, The New National Era, at Washington, D.C. 1870 Appointed Secretary of the Santo Domingo commission by President Grant. 1872 Elected one of the presidential electors-at-large for the State of New York and chosen by the Electoral College to deliver a certified statement of the votes to the President of the Senate. 1877 Appointed Marshall of the District of Columbia by President Hayes. 1881 Appointed Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia by President Garfield. 1883 Published Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. 1884 Married Helen Pitts. 1886 Re-visited Europe. 1889 Appointed United States Minister and Consul General to Haiti by President Harrison. 1891 Resigned as Minister and Consul General to Haiti. 1893 Appointed Commissioner for Haiti at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois by the Haitian Government. 1895 Died at his home, Cedar Hill, in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the Frederick Douglass Collection, Bulk, 1874-1895, 1790-1943, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)

African-American orator and journalist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington D.C., to Hon. J.D. Husbands, 1881 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269539457

African-American lecturer and writer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to J.M. Dalzell, [1880] Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531086 From the description of Letter signed : Washington, D.C., to James L. Dalzell, 1885 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538106

eng

Latn


Cite

External Related CPF

https://viaf.org/viaf/10088


Cite

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80013236


Cite

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n80013236


Cite

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q215562


Cite

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10580423


Cite

Other Entity IDs (Same As)

Sources

Loading ...

Resource Relations

Loading ...

Internal CPF Relations

Loading ...

Languages Used

eng

Latn


Cite

Subjects

Slavery


Cite

Slavery


Cite

Slavery


Cite

Abolitionists


Cite

Abolitionists


Cite

Abolitionists


Cite

Abolitionists


Cite

African American abolitionists


Cite

African American newspapers


Cite

African American newspapers


Cite

African Americans


Cite

African Americans


Cite

African Americans


Cite

African Americans


Cite

African Americans


Cite

African Americans


Cite

American newspapers


Cite

Antislavery movements


Cite

Antislavery movements


Cite

Bankruptcy


Cite

Political cartoons


Cite

Civil rights


Cite

Civil rights movement


Cite

Debtor and creditor


Cite

Deeds


Cite

Diplomatic and consular service, American


Cite

Educational change


Cite

Exhibitions


Cite

Exhibitions


Cite

Families


Cite

Freedmen


Cite

Fugitive slave law of 1850


Cite

Interest


Cite

Journalism


Cite

Madrigal comedians


Cite

Navy-yards and naval stations, American


Cite

Navy-yards and naval stations, American


Cite

Newspapers


Cite

Presidents


Cite

Real property


Cite

Racism


Cite

Racism


Cite

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)


Cite

Segregation in education


Cite

Slaves


Cite

Social problems


Cite

Women abolitionists


Cite

Women's rights


Cite

Nationalities

Americans


Cite

Activities

Occupations

Abolitionists


Cite

African American abolitionists


Cite

Authors


Cite

Authors, Black


Cite

Civil rights workers


Cite

Diplomats


Cite

Editors


Cite

Journalists


Cite

Orators


Cite

Reformers


Cite

Slaves


Cite

Social reformers


Cite

Statesmen


Cite

United States marshals


Cite

Legal Statuses

Places

Talbot County

MD, US


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace

Birth


Cite

United States

00, US


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

Washington, D. C.

DC, US


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

Republic of Haiti

00, HT


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

Convention Declarations

<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>


Cite

General Contexts

Structure or Genealogies

Mandates

Options

Information
Collection Locations Basic View Revision History Source Summary
Visualizations
Connection Graph Radial Graph
Export As
JSON EAC-CPF XML

Identity Constellation Identifier(s)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf5kqm

w6jf5kqm

83343299