Frederick Douglass for Kids: His Life and Times, with 21 Activities
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1846 English friends raise money to pur chase freedom 1847 Returns to United States and begins publication of the North Star 1847 Meets with fiery abolitionist John Brown 1848 Speaks at Women's Rights Conven tion at Seneca Falls New York 1851 Splits with William Lloyd Garrison over opinions on the constitution
and how to end slavery 1852 Delivers famous speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July 1852 Is active as leader with Liberty Party convention and Free Soil Party 1853 Accepts invitation to visit Harriet Beecher Stowe 1857 Lectures on the Dred Scott decision 1859 Flees to England after John Brown s raid on Harpers Ferry 1860 Returns to America and mourns death of youngest daughter Annie 1861 Urges the Union to emancipate the slave and raise black troops at out break of Civil War 1863 Celebrates at Tremont Temple on January 1 when Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Recruits black troops Sons Lewis and Charles are first to enlist in New York 1863 Visits White House to ask Lincoln for equal treatment of black troops 1863 Ends publication of newspapers after 15 years 1864 Lincoln invites Douglass to White House for advice 1865 Civil War ends Douglass mourns assassination of Lincoln and speaks E at consequent gathering in Rochester
1865 Stands for new cause to endorse black suffrage 1870 Steps up as editor in chief of New National Era 1871 President Grant appoints Douglass Commissioner to Santo Domingo first of various presidential appoint ments Charles Douglass Commissioner to Santo Domingo 1874 Accepts position as president of Freedmen's Bank 1876 Speaks at memorial ceremony for Abraham Lincoln 1877 President Hayes appoints Douglass US marshal for the District of Columbia
1877 Meets with former master Thomas Auld 1878 Purchases new home at Cedar Hill near Washington DC 1882 Wife Anna dies 1884 Marries Helen Pitts woman's suf fragist 1886 Tours Europe with Helen 1889 President Harrison appoints Dou glass minister and consul to Haiti 1893 Publishes pamphlet with Ida B Wells against racism that is dis tributed during World's Columbian E Exposition at Chicago 1895 Dies in home at Cedar Hill on Feb ruary 20 1895
