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On September 3, 1838, abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass made his dramatic escape from slavery—traveling north by train and boat—from Baltimore, through Delaware, to Philadelphia. That same night, he took a train to New York, where he arrived the following morning.

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The son of an enslaved woman and an unknown white man, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery in 1818 on Maryland's eastern shore. He was enslaved for twenty years in city households in Baltimore and on Maryland farms. In 1838, he fled north and changed his name to Frederick Douglass.

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After escaping from slavery in Maryland, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during which he gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings

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He became the most important leader of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century. After escaping from slavery.

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Frederick Douglass , born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1818-1895) . Born into slavery in 1818 on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Talbot County.

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He continued lecturing in the U.S. and abroad and in 1882 published his third autobiography, The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Following a speech at the February 20, 1895, National Council of Women meeting in Washington, D.C., Douglass died in his home at age 77 of a heart attack.

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Cordova is a census-designated place in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 551 at the 2020 census, down from 592 at the 2000 census.

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Douglass would continue to give speeches for the rest of his life and would become a leading spokesperson for the abolition of slavery and for racial equality.

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Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography.

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Douglass offered many critiques on the Union's misconduct toward black soldiers, and the president listened to his requests respectfully