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Fredderick Douglass was born in 1817 or 1818 in Talbot County,Maryland.At the age of 8,Frederick was sent to live in Baltimore as house servant with the family of Hugh Auld.
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In 1838,Frederick escaped to New York City,where he lived as a freeman.He married Anna Murray of Baltimore,a free woman.They setted in New Bedford,Massachusetts,and Frederick changed his last name to Douglass.
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At an antislavery convention in 1841 in Nantucket,Massachusetts,Douglass was invited to describe his experiences as a slave.
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In 1847,Douglass founded an antislavery newspaper in Rochester, New York, called The North Star.While in Rochester, Douglass helped to smuggle escaped slaves to Canada via the Underground Railroad.
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During the Civil War,Douglass was a consultant to President Abe Lincoln.Douglass suggestthat former slaves should be givin weapons to fight for the North.
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After the Civil War,Douglass held several government offices.He also continued to fight for human rights until he died in Washington,D.C., on Feb. 20,1895.
