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Fredrick Augusta Washington Dougalss Bailey was given birth in 1818,in Talbot Country. His Mother was a slave,Fredrick never ever got to meet his father but, he was a white man.
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When he was 8 years old, he was sent to live in Baltimore as a house servant for the Auld family. Auld's wife, Sophia, taught Fredrick to read.
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Fredrick escaped to New York city, as a free man. He married Anna Marruy in Baltimore, she was a free woman! They settlednin New Bedford, Massachusetts, Fredrick Changed his name to Douglass.
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Douglass found a newspaper in Rochester, New York named Te North Star. In Rochester, he helped to smuggle escaped slaves to Cananda via the Underground Railroad.
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After the horrfying Cival War ended, Fredrick had held many government offices. He continued working for human rights. Until he died in Washington D.C. on Febuary 20,1895
