Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass
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February 15, 1817	[circa] Frederick Douglass born near Easton, Talbot County (may be 1818)	Maryland
September 3, 1838	Frederick Douglass travels from Baltimore to New York under an assumed named, escaping slavery	Maryland New York
September 15, 1838	Frederick Douglass marries a free black woman from Baltimore, Anna Murray. They move to New Bedford	Massachusetts
May 1, 1845	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is published
December 3, 1847	First edition of the North Star rolls off the press. This Abolitionist newspaper was published by former slave Frederick Douglass
	Civil War Firsts
August 20, 1859	John Brown meets with Frederick Douglass at Chambersburg	Pennsylvania
	John Brown
August 10, 1863	President Lincoln meets with former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Among the topics discussed are the treatment and pay of black soldiers in the U. S. Army
	Abraham Lincoln
August 19, 1864	President Lincoln meets with Frederick Douglass for a second time. He asks for Douglass's assistance in moving slaves north in case the war is unsuccessful
	Abraham Lincoln
July 1, 1889	Frederick Douglass is appointed U. S. Minister to Haiti
February 20, 1895	Frederick Douglass dies

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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