Frederick Douglass was an orator, writer, and abolitionist. Born into slavery, Douglass was of mixed racial heritage and suspected that he was possibly the son of his enslaver, a man named Thomas Auld. After escaping from slavery, Douglass committed himself to ending the institution. Although he came to believe this would only be successfully achieved through violence, he also dedicated himself to using his particular rhetorical skills in order to convince people of the necessity of abolition.
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Frederick Douglass Character Timeline in A Different Mirror
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Part 2, Chapter 5: “No More Peck o’Corn”
Frederick Douglass was one of the many children born to an enslaved mother and a white father....
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As intended, Douglass was psychologically crushed by this work. However, he developed a new fearlessness, and escaped the...
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Part 2, Chapter 6: Fleeing “the Tyrant’s Heel”
...millions of Irish people ended up escaping to the US in the nineteenth century. Frederick Douglass commented on how the arrival of new Irish immigrants made life difficult for black workers...
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