Frederick Douglass



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Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Tuckahoe, Maryland. The wife of his master helped him educate himself. As a young man, he fled to Massachusetts, a free state, where he began to work for the abolition of slavery. He wrote an autobiography, which was widely read, and published a newspaper that discussed the evils of slavery and discrimination. One of Douglass's best known speeches, "The Meaning of the 4th of July for the Negro," is read here by an actor.

"The Meaning of the 4th of July for the Negro" written by Frederick Douglass, read, edited and abridged by Frederick A. Morsell, from Frederick Douglass's Greatest Speeches (Cat.# TBM Records CDJ0011) (p)1992 TBM Records. Courtesy of TBM Records,with the kindness of Tanya A. Bickley, producer, www.bickley.com, http://www.bickley.com. All rights reserved./Hulton Deutsch

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African Americans; African American History; American Literature: Prose; United States (History); Douglass, Frederick

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