Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was an American writer and a civil rights activist of the mid-19th century. His most famous work is the autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, published in 1845.

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• Lifetime: c. 14 February 1818 • 20 February 1895
• Main genre: Speeches, autobiographies
• Movement: Abolitionism
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"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."