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Born as a slave
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Sophia Auld teaches Frederick Douglass how to read, eventually her husband stops her because it it illegal.
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borrowed papers from a free black sailor & once he reached to New York he changed his name to Johnson
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Married Anna Murray, a free black woman
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Speaks ar an Antislavery meeting & meets William Lloyd Garrison
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joined a group of anti-slavery lecturers on a tour that included stops in New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. The tour was called the "One Hundred Conventions."
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5,000 copies of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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His book contained details about his life that could jeopardize his freedom. The book was a big success though and was translated into 3 different languages.
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Frederick Douglass decides to publish the North Star, his own newspaper or journal, in Rochester
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published a positive editorial on "The Rights of Women," after attending the first Women's Rights Convention. This article was published in the July 28, 1848 issue of the North Star.
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Frederick Douglass publishes his second book called "My Bondage and My Freedom"
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Sailed to England from Canada in November to lecture against slavery.
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During 1877- 1881 Frederick Douglass served as a U.S. Marshall for the District of Colombia under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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After being U.S. Marshall, Frederick Douglass was then appointed as District of Colombia's Recorder of Deeds by President James A. Garfield. He served from 1881 to 1886.
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His first wife dies and he gets remarried to Helen Pitts, a white woman who had been his secretary.
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Frederick Douglass was appointed U.S. Minister of Haiti under President Benjamin Harrison. He served in this position from 1889 to 1891.
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Frederick Douglass dies suddenly from a heart attack after speaking at a meeting.
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In 1898 Frederick Douglass recieved the first monument ever given to a black man, located in Rochester.
