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Frederick Douglass 1818-1895

Douglass, Frederick

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Frederick Douglass 1818–95

Pictured here in 1848,

Douglass was born a slave

and did not know his date of birth,

so chose it for himself.

And he chose his future, too,

which was first to learn to read and write,

and then to run away.

He became a bestselling author, abolitionist,

women’s rights campaigner, newspaper editor and orator

who was the first black man to be received

by a US president (Lincoln).

Believing that the objectivity of photographs

was an important counter

to the subjectivity of painted portraits,

he also deliberately became

the most photographed American of his time.

Photograph:

Fotosearch/Getty Images

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Frederick Douglass

Photograph: Getty Images

A Lesson in Black History

NYT

FEB. 6, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/
opinion/a-lesson-in-black-history.html

Frederick Douglass 1818-1895

Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist.

Born to a slave mother

and an unknown white father,

he spent his childhood in slavery

but secretly learned to read.

As a teenager,

he was hired out to a brutal overseer

before escaping to the North.

Douglass became a powerful orator

and a leading voice

in the struggle against slavery.

In 1845,

his autobiography

("Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,

an American Slave: Written by Himself")

was published to great acclaim.

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/frederick-douglass

https://www.loc.gov/collections/
frederick-douglass-papers/about-this-collection/

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/
frederick-douglass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Frederick_Douglass

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/
opinion/birthright-citizenship-trump-desantis.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/
books/review/the-color-of-abolition-linda-hirshman.html

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/02/
919532810/the-most-sacred-right

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/06/
887618102/frederick-douglass-statue-
vandalized-on-anniversary-of-famous-speech

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/03/
884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-
read-his-fourth-of-july-speech

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/
opinion/15th-amendment-anniversary-gates.html

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/nov/21/
eminent-victorians-19th-century-celebrity-portraits-in-pictures

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/
opinion/what-america-owes-frederick-douglass.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/27/
frederick-douglass-prophet-of-freedom-review-biography

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/
ng-interactive/2018/jul/05/the-frederick-douglass-200

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/05/
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/
opinion/frederick-douglass-chains.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/
opinion/frederick-douglasss-scientific-racism.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/22/
narrative-life-frederick-douglass-american-slave-review

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/
opinion/a-lesson-in-black-history.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/10/
514385071/frederick-douglass-on-how-slave-owners-used-food-as-a-weapon-of-control

http://www.npr.org/2015/12/13/
459593474/picture-this-frederick-douglass-was-the-most-photographed-man-of-his-time

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/07/02/
who-won-the-civil-war/after-the-civil-war-memory-took-time-to-desegregate

https://www.npr.org/2007/08/20/
13751610/frederick-douglass-literary-achievement

https://www.npr.org/2007/07/04/
11734985/frederick-douglass-take-on-independence-day

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