Why Is Frederick Douglass A Significant Figure

Frederick Douglass was from Talbot County, Maryland, United States. He lived from c. February 1818 to the 20th February 1895, dying at the age of 67. Douglass was born a slave but escaped slavery in 1838. He was a famous human rights leader in the abolition movement.

A “significant figure” is somebody who has influenced or changed history through their actions. Frederick Douglass was a significant figure because once he was free from slavery, he became an anti-slavery lecturer, an outspoken supporter of women’s rights, and in 1863 he talked to President Lincoln about the treatment of black soldiers. He also became President of the Freedman’s Savings Bank and as a Chargé d'Affaires for the Dominican Republic. Frederick showed that no matter what happened, people should fight for what’s right.
He lived with his grandmother because his mother died when he was only ten years old. He was later moved to Hugh Ald’s Baltimore home where he learned many useful skills such as, reading and writing. When he was older, he taught other slaves how to read the New Testament. When Frederick was sixteen years old, a “slave - breaker”, Edward Covey severely mentally damaged him. Frederick Douglass was greatly helped by a free black woman, Anna Murray, who he fell in love with. She aided him in escaping slavery and on the 3rd of September 1838, he boarded a train to Harre de Grace and 24 hours later was on his way to David Ruggles’s safe house in New York. Frederick married Anna on the 15th of September 1838 and they settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts. There he took part in a black church and went to abolitionist meetings on a regular