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Douglass, Frederick

orator, author, was born in February, 1817, in Tuckahoe, Md. He was a famous orator and the most distinguished member of the African race in America. He was born in slavery, but escaped to the north in 1838, educated himself, and soon became prominent as an anti-slavery speaker. As time went on, his style, always picturesque and eloquent, became polished and elegant. He is the author of My Bondage and My Freedom; Narrative of My Experience in Slavery; Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.

He died in 1895.