Frederick Douglass
was born a slave. He Escaped from slavery at the
age of 21.
He became a great speaker
and abolitionist. In his speeches, he described
the horrors of slavery. He founded his own newspaper,
"The North Star". During the Civil
War, Douglass recruited blacks for the union army,
and from 1889 to 1891 he served as the U.S. Ambassador
to Haiti.
Frederick
Douglass
