Frederick Douglass papers, 1841-1964 (inclusive), 1862-1895 (bulk), [microform].

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Frederick Douglass papers, 1841-1964 (inclusive), 1862-1895 (bulk), [microform].

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The papers document the life and career of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, orator, journalist, diplomat, and public official. They contain correspondence, a diary, speeches, articles, a manuscript of Douglass' autobiography, financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings, and other material, chiefly covering the years 1862-1895, relating to Douglass' life and work and his interest in social, educational, and economic reform. The papers document his career as a lecturer and writer, his activities as publisher of the North Star (1847-1851), his tours abroad (1845-1847, 1886-1887), and his appointments as U.S. Marshal (1877) and recorder of deeds (1881) for the District of Columbia, as U.S. Minister to Haiti and chargeĢ d'affaires in Santo Domingo (1889), and as a commissioner (1892-1893) in charge of exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Topics include emancipation and the problems of emancipated blacks, women's rights, political affairs, a proposed naval station in Haiti, and family.

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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...