Frederick Douglass papers, 1850-1889.

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Frederick Douglass papers, 1850-1889.

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The collection consists of papers of Frederick Douglass from ca. 1850-1889. The correspondence reflects Douglass' activities as a lecturer against slavery, his feeling that employment open to African Americans was rooted in servility, Douglass' political associations and appointments, and his selection as Minister to Haiti (1889).

29 items.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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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...