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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass Photograph
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Image: 13.7 cm x 9.7 cm; whole page (visible in large image): 22.6 cm x 15.2 cm

From Portraits of American Abolitionists (a collection of images of individuals representing a broad spectrum of viewpoints in the slavery debate)
Photo. 81.209


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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in 1838 and went on to become a renowned social reformer, abolitionist, and orator. He also wrote several books, including Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845), probably the most famous of the 19th-century slave narratives.