Frederick Douglass

Birthdate: Feb. 1818

Death:Feb 20, 1895

-changed his name to Frederick Douglass and escapes to freedom in the north

1841-speaks at an abolishment meeting in Massachusetts and is employed asa lecturer for the Anti-Slavery society

-Publishes Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave.

-1865 Receives President Lincoln's walking stick from Mrs. Lincoln.

1853 -Visits Harriet Beecher Stowe at her home.