Born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was sent to work for a ship carpenter at eight years old. On September 3, 1838, Douglass escaped slavery, fled to New York City where he married Anna Murray, a free Negro woman he met in Baltimore. He changed his name to Frederick Douglass and they relocated to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Douglass rose to prominence as an abolitionist, speaker, lecturer, writer, newspaper publisher and vice presidential candidate. On June 26, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Douglass Minister Resident/Consul General, (Ambassador), to Haiti. Letter from Frederick Douglass to Secretary of State James G. Blaine, Accepting the Appointment as U.S. Minister to Haiti, 06/25/1889.
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PICTURES:
First L: Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879, courtesy of the National Archives. National Archives Identifier: 558770. Local Identifier: FL-FL-22. M: Home of Frederick Douglass, National Historic Site Cedar Hill 1411 W Street, SE Washington, DC 20020, Visitor Center, (202) 426-5961. #R: Bedroom.
Second L: #Library and desk. M: Grave of Frederick Douglass and second wife Helen Pitts Douglas. R: Grave of Helen Pitts Douglas.
#Third L: Family plot. M/L, M/R, R: Douglass' headstone with name of first wife Anna Murray.
Fourth L: *Statue of Frederick Douglass. M/L: *Plaque on back of statue. M/R, R: *History Marker, bridge, and river signs.
Pictures taken May 31, 2008 and August 8, 2008. Black and white Public Domain. #Pictures included in book: Voices for Freedom Abolitionist Heroes, Frederick Douglass - From Slavery to Statesman by Henry Elliot Pictures - pages 39, 55 and 56. *New Pictures, taken April 6, 2013.
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SOURCES:
Lectures
National Park Service Ranger. The Life of Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass Home. S.E. Washington, DC. May 31, 2008. Tour and discussion.
Internet
"People and Events Frederick Douglass - PBS Africans in America." pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html, Web. 20 May 2008.
"Frederick Douglass." archives.gov/exhibits/documented-rights/exhibit/section2/detail/frederick-douglass.html, Web. 20 May 2008.
Site Visits
Frederick Douglass Tour. S.E. Washington, DC. 31 May 2008.
Gravesite. Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY. 8 Aug. 2008.
Statue of Frederick Douglass. Easton, MD. 6 Apr. 2013.
Birth Place. Talbot County, MD. 6 Apr. 2013.
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INTERRED: Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620. Phone: 585-428-7999.
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SUBMITTED: May 31, 2008. Updated August 11, 2008 and April 6, 2013.
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