Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, Frederick Douglass (February, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was a Black American abolitionist, famous for his oratory and anti-slavery writings. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. His best-known book is his first autobiography (he wrote two), “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”.
