This blog takes a look deeper into the Underground Railroad, specifically peering into the lives of black american slaves who escaped the brutality of slavery, and lived to tell their stories.

Monday, 8 October 2012

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was born as a slave in Talbot County in 1818. In his life he tried to escape slavery 3 times, the third time, with the help of a free black woman named Anna Murray. He fled into Havre de Grace, Maryland in 1838. There he carried out the career of being a writer, and becoming a leader of the abolitionist movement. His most recognized work was his published book " Narrative of the Lifef Frederick Douglass, an American Slave." Frederick became a strong believer of equality and died on February 20th 1895.

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