The life of Frederick Douglass

By Carlsburg
  • birth

    birth

    Douglass was born a slave in 1817 in Tuckahoe, Maryland
  • Period: to

    Timespan

  • Read

    Read

    Frederick was taught how to read and write when he was sent to Baltimore.
  • Freedom

    Freedom

    Douglass finally escapes being a slave and marries a free African American woman named Anna Murray.

  • Abolitionst speaking

    Douglass speaks at an abolitionist meeting in massachussets and is employed as a agent for the antislavery society.

  • Slave hunters

    Douglass published a biography and shortly after moved to England to escape slave hunters

  • Womans rights

    Douglass attends the first Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York.

  • Refuses

    Douglass refuses to support Brown and his planned raid on Harper's Ferry.
  • The president

    The president

    Works to aid the Union cause. Meets with President Lincoln to improve the treatment of African-American soldiers.

  • Death

    Dies on February 20 at Cedar Hill after attending a women's rights meeting.