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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was born around 1818 in Tuckahoe, Maryland. His mother was a slave. His father was the white master of the plantation. When he was about eight years old, Douglass was sent to a family in Baltimore. There he learned to read and write. Later, he was returned to the plantation. He escaped to freedom in 1838. After his escape, Douglass became an important abolitionist. He was a very good speaker. He gave many speeches against slavery. In 1845 he wrote his autobiography. It is a very important book about life in slavery. Douglass also published an anti-slavery newspaper called the North Star.
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How Douglass and his friends felt as they planned their escape.
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The horrors Douglass imagined might happen in their flight to freedom.
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