How Did Frederick Douglass Influence America
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass has greatly influenced America through his books about his life during slavery. Frederick Douglass shows how education is important for us so that we know what is going on in the world and have a better understanding of it.
Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass was born into slavery sometime around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. His exact date of birth is unknown. His mother, a slave named Harriet Bailey, named him Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Frederick didn't know his father, but it is said that it was his mother’s white master, Aaron Anthony.After being separated from his mother, his grandparents raised him until he was six. At the age of six his grandmother took him, without warning, to his master’s plantation to live. Being African American Douglass didn’t have much of a childhood due to his slave …show more content…
“In 1841, at an abolitionist meeting in Nantucket, Massachusetts, he delivered a moving speech about his experiences as a slave and was hired by the Massachusetts Antislavery Society to give lectures.” Douglass speeches were well thought out and forceful, and he was able to inspire those who heard him.
Later in life Douglass wrote “The Narrative Life Of Frederick Douglass,” in 1845, “My Bondage and My Freedom,” in 1865, and his third autobiography, “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” in 1881.
In 1877, Douglass was appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes as the post of U.S Marshal for the District of Columbia. From that time til about two years before his death Douglass had a succession of offices, including that of recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia and minister to the Republic of Haiti. He resigned his assignment in Haiti when he discovered that American businessmen were taking advantage of his position in their dealings with the Haitian
Frederick Douglass has greatly influenced America through his books about his life during slavery. Frederick Douglass shows how education is important for us so that we know what is going on in the world and have a better understanding of it.
Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass was born into slavery sometime around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. His exact date of birth is unknown. His mother, a slave named Harriet Bailey, named him Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Frederick didn't know his father, but it is said that it was his mother’s white master, Aaron Anthony.After being separated from his mother, his grandparents raised him until he was six. At the age of six his grandmother took him, without warning, to his master’s plantation to live. Being African American Douglass didn’t have much of a childhood due to his slave …show more content…
“In 1841, at an abolitionist meeting in Nantucket, Massachusetts, he delivered a moving speech about his experiences as a slave and was hired by the Massachusetts Antislavery Society to give lectures.” Douglass speeches were well thought out and forceful, and he was able to inspire those who heard him.
Later in life Douglass wrote “The Narrative Life Of Frederick Douglass,” in 1845, “My Bondage and My Freedom,” in 1865, and his third autobiography, “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” in 1881.
In 1877, Douglass was appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes as the post of U.S Marshal for the District of Columbia. From that time til about two years before his death Douglass had a succession of offices, including that of recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia and minister to the Republic of Haiti. He resigned his assignment in Haiti when he discovered that American businessmen were taking advantage of his position in their dealings with the Haitian