![]() ![]() Perhaps best known for his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, his accomplishments in the anti-slavery movement leading up to and through the Civil War period are extraordinary.ĭouglass’s example offers a glimpse into plantation life on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, as well as the realities of life under slavery and the challenges and risks of escape. ![]() Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, he was the child of a slave woman and a white man. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland sometime in February 1818. ![]()
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