Frederick Douglass, ca. 1855, Daguerreotype, 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.), Photographs, Unknown (American), Born into slavery, the son of a white man and a black slave woman, Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) escaped his bondage in 1838 and became the most persuasive orator for the cause of abolition. Prompted to write his autobiography in 1845 by the doubts of those who argued that no one so articulate and well spoken could have been a slave, Douglass was forced by his own admissions to leave the country until funds could be raised to legally buy the freedom he had already seized by wit and will
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Frederick Douglass, ca, 1855, Daguerreotype, 8.3, 7 cm, 3 1/4, 2 3/4, Photographs, Unknown, American, Born, slavery, son, white man, black slave woman, 1817-1895, escaped, bondage, 1838, persuasive orator, cause, abolition, Prompted, write, autobiography, 1845, doubts, argued, no, articulate, well spoken, slave, Douglass, forced, own admissions, leave, country, funds, raised, legally buy, freedom, seized, wit, will
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