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Born to mother, Harriet Bailey (a slave) and rumored father Aaron Anthony (slave master.) in Talbot County Maryland.
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Douglass borrows papers from an already free sailor and changes his last name to "Johnson"
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Wedding perfomed by a fellow slave escaper
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Frederick also becomes a a liscensed preacher for an African church in Massachusetts.
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the people listening like him so much that they hire him as a speaker.
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After speaking out against slavery a mob beats Frederick Douglass leaving him with a broken right hand which never heals
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His narrative includes information that could lead him to be arrested for escaping as a slave He meets Susan B. Anthony which leads him to get interested in Women's Rights as well
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Frederick also hires a tutor during this month in an effort to teach Anna to read, but it doesnt work
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A german tutor and journalist that Douglass hired, They had an "affair" but it was never kept secret. She tutored his kids and tried to tutor Anna Murray. Upon Anna's death, Ottilie thought that Douglass would marry her, but instead he married Helen Pitts, this struck her hard.
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Frederick is devestated and this happens to delay his efforts and works
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Douglass is happy about this because lincoln respects africans!
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Douglass brings up the matter to get Lincoln to help slaves escape to the North
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Him and Douglass actually had a bond and were together against slavery so thisn was hard for Douglass
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Anna Murray, Douglass' wife of 44 years suffers a stroke and dies, Douglass goes into depression after this
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Marries his secretary Helen Pitts, a white woman 20 years younger than him. Both her and his family stop talking to them because they feel the marriage isn't right.
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After Douglass married Helen Pitts, Ottilie Assing (his lover of 26 years) commited suicide because he didn't marry her.
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Wants to establish "Freedom Manufacturing Co." where he hopes to hire 200-300 black men and women to work to show them they have a choice in what work they do rather than just being slaves.
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Dies of a massive heart attack after speaking for women's rights. He is brought to Rochester and buried next to his daughter Rosetta. His death stunned and devestated people all over because he had worked so hard for the rights of billions of people.
