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He was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey as a slave in Tuckahoe, Talbot County, Maryland.
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Lives with Hugh Auld and his wife Sophia
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Sophia teaches him until Hugh tells her to stop teaching him
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he practices reading and writing in secret
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He reads John Quincy Adam's antislavery petition in Congress.
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He tries to teach other slaves to read until Auld discovers it and stops him.
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He secretly organizes a Sunday school and teaches other slaves to read.
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He plans an escape but is discovered and returned to Hugh Auld.
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He borrows papers from a free black sailor and escapes from slavery to New York and changes his last name to Johnson.
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Frederick changes his last name to Douglass.
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Douglass subscribes to William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper called the Liberator. He heard Garrison speaking in April.
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His kids are born in this time period
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. It tells details that could lead to his arrest as a fugitive slave.
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He becomes a champion of women's rights.
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He returns to Rochester, New York and publishes an abolitionist newspaper called the North Star.
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He helps slaves get through the Underground Railroad.
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It supposively, abolishes slavery in the states that are in "rebellion".
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He discussed unequal pay and the poor treatment black soldiers recieve.
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Lincoln asks Douglass to help slaves escaping to the North.
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Home is destroyed in Rochester, New York so they moved to D.C.
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The Equal Rights Party nominates Douglass for vice president of the United States on a ticket headed by Victoria C. Woodhull.
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He tries to save the bank which fails.
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President Hayes made him Marshall
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She was 44 years old. She suffered a stroke. Douglass went into depression after that.
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She is a white woman who worked as secretary for Douglass.
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He dies of a heart failure.