Frederick Douglass Escaped Slave

Bio. Born into slavery Taught to read and write by his owner; she later discouraged this Would trade food with poor white children in exchange for instruction Reading increased his determination to escape slavery At 20 he escaped to Mass. and took the name Douglass to avoid arrest as a fugitive.

Slavery Lectured against slavery Moved to England to rally help for the abolitionists movement in America Friends bought his freedom and he returned to U.S.

Freedom at Last Established the North Star, a newspaper supporting the abolitionists movement Worked for the Underground Railroad Encouraged African Americans to fight for the Union in the Civil War Served as a consultant for President Lincoln Believed that an education was the best help for African Americans

MY BONDAGE MY FREEDOM His autobiography “The Battle with Mr. Covey”—at 17 “how a slave was made a man”