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Father of Freedom: Frederick Douglass; Voice of anti-slavery (First in a series)

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From: Michigan Chronicle
Date: 20010220
Author:Manor, John

Manor, John
Michigan Chronicle
02-20-2001
Father of Freedom: Frederick Douglass; Voice of anti-slavery

By John Manor

(First in a series)

Frederick Douglass was one of the principal leaders of the abolitionist
movement, which fought to end slavery within the United States in the
decades prior to the Civil War.

A brilliant speaker, Douglass was asked by the American Anti-Slavery
Society to engage in a tour of lectures, and so became recognized as one of
America's first great Black speakers. He won world fame when his
autobiography was published in 1845. Two years later he began publishing an
antislavery ...

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