1. By Azalea Bisignano, Eileen Doyle-Samay, and Charlotte Smith
“Right is of no sex – Truth is of no color – God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren”
Frederick Douglass
By Azalea Bisignano, Eileen Doyle-Samay, and Charlotte Smith

2. Biography
Born a slave with the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in Talbot County, Maryland in 1818
Father was unknown and mother died when he was 7
Escaped north in 1835 and changed his name to Frederick Douglass
Published the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in May 1845
Provided the funds to purchase his freedom
Established his own newspaper called the North Star

3. Biography Cont.
Helped the Union Army to recruit black troops during the Civil War
Originally a critic of Lincoln, but became an admirer after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation
Advisor to several presidents: Lincoln, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, and Grant
Abolitionist, orator, human rights and women’s rights activist, author, publisher, social reformer, and journalist
At 63, after his first wife died, he married his former white secretary, and became one the most famous examples of the South’s famous mixed racial heritage.
Named “Father of the Civil Rights Movement”
Died at the age of 77 due to heart failure in 1895

5. Civil Rights: Abolitionist Movement
Goal: “immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation”
Partly influenced by the Second Great Awakening
Ideas became increasingly prominent in Northern churches and politics beginning in the 1830s
Slaves helped to escape on the Underground Railroad
Contributed to sectionalism between the North and the South leading up to the Civil War
With the passing of the 15th Amendment which extended male suffrage to African Americans, this movement came to an end

6. Civil Rights: Women’s Rights
Goal: to make political, social , and economic status of women equal to that of men and establish legislative safeguards against discrimination due to sex
Influential Figures:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: leader of the Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
Susan B. Anthony: wrote and submitted a proposed right-to-vote amendment to the Constitution in which was ratified and became the 19th Amendment in 1920

7. Methods of Reform
Published the North Star – weekly abolitionist newspaper
Advisor to Lincoln—very well respected in the political community
Famous orator
Spoke at conventions
Seneca Falls Council
Main topic was the “self-made man”

8. Contributions and Effects
Held many important positions in the US government
Minister to Hati
Advisor to Lincoln
MANY years before other African Americans followed
Father of the Civil Rights Movement
13th, 14th, 15th Ammendments
Emphasized social reform for TRUE EQUALITY
Largely responsible for the passage of the motion to support women’s sufferage
“Right is of no Sex-Truth is of no Color”

9. Works Cited
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