Douglass Have To Do If There's No Struggle, There Is No Progress?

To quote the famous Frederick Douglass, “if there is no struggle, there is no progress…” and I assure you, there was struggle that resulted in not only progress for him, but for the nation as a whole. Frederick Douglass did many things that were deemed as impossible during his time period under the circumstances which the nation was under. To tell you more about this man I will be giving you a brief introduction into his personal life and into his remarkable achievements as a world renowned American abolitionist, author, and orator.
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born in February of 1818, although no one knows the exact date, was born on the eastern shore of Maryland to a slave woman. He lived the life of a slave for twenty years
After his Marriage to Murray and their move to Massachusetts, Douglass joined a church called the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church which was an independent denomination established in New York. In 1839, Douglass became a licensed preacher which helped Douglass hone in on his oratorical skills. Aside from that, he joined several other organizations and regularly attended abolitionist meetings. These meetings introduced him to new people that spoke on the subjects which got him inspired to start speaking on them himself. Douglass gave his first speech on the subject of anti-slavery about his own life as a slave in 1841. In 1843 he then joined the American Anti-Slavery Society “Hundred Conventions” project and became a lecturer himself. Douglass is also a famous author for publishing three autobiographies, the first one being published in 1845 and becoming a best seller. After taking a tour of Ireland in 1845, upon his return to the United States Douglass founded a newspaper called the North Star and wrote on many important issues. In 1848, Douglass took up fighting for women’s rights and as the only black person to attend the meeting in sequence falls. By the time the Civil War came about, Douglass was already one of the most famous men of century. Since Douglass had many strong views on abolishing slavery and wrote many articles and speeches on the subject, he also started conferring with President Lincoln on the matter. Douglass was a consultant to Lincoln on the abolishment of slavery until Lincoln’s untimely demise. During the reconstruction era, Douglass still continued to work for the quality of African American and