Documents, 1882-1891.

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Documents, 1882-1891.

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1. Two documents signed by Douglass as recorder of deeds for Washington, D.C., 1882. 2. Letters addressed to E.D. Bassett, August 8, 1891 and to unknown "My dear sir," Nov. 8, 1888. 3. Photo of Frederick Douglass mounted on a cardboard.

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Temple University, Blockson Afro-American History Collection

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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...