Fredrick Douglass: A Brief Biography

Fredrick Douglass formerly known as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was a very important African American human rights leader in the United States during the 19th century. During his lifespan, Fredrick Douglass made a name for himself with his support of the anti-slavery movement and gained world-renowned fame because of his inspiring speeches of past experiences and important autobiographies. Fredrick Douglass was born into a family of slavery during February of 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland; he grew up on a plantation that his father, a slave owner controlled with his mother, who was a slave named Harriet Bailey who later passed away when he was around the young age of 10.
Douglass' life growing up on a plantation was never an easy one, often having to eat small rations of food and sleep in cold, harsh
Over the time Douglass spends with this group he eventually and slowly begins to open up and speak on his past experiences with his group of friends. His inspiring stories quickly began to gain the attention of fellow leaders, specifically naming William Lloyd Garrison, writer of an abolitionist newspaper known as The Liberator who takes a keen interest on Douglass’ life and his past experiences.
Garrison, impressed with Douglass' skill and impressive stories mentioned his support and mentioned Douglass in his famous newspaper, promoting Douglass and his great orator skills. Days later Douglass was asked to speak at an annual anti-slavery convention in Nantucket that was the start of him being one of the most influential figures in the abolitionist movement that we still remember today. Garrison soon after officially takes Fredrick Douglass under his wing and urges him to begin writing about his life and