Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist and Fighter for Equality
BRITTANICA BEGINNER BIOS FREDERICK DOUGLASS ABOLITIONIST AND FIGHTER FOR EQUALITY JASON PORTERFIELD Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
INTRODUCING FREDERICK DOUGLASS Frederick Douglass was a brilliant writer and speaker who lived during the nineteenth century He was also a former slave and a leader of the movement to end slavery Slavery is the practice of people owning other people The people who are enslaved are forced to work without pay Slavery was common in many parts of the United States until the middle of the 1860s American slaves were people who had been stolen from Africa and their DESCENDANTS Douglass was an educated slave at a time when it was illegal for slaves to know how to read and write After he escaped from slavery he used his education to give speeches and to write about the horrors of 4 CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCING FREDERICK DOUGLASS Vocabulary DESCENDANTS are people who are related to a person or group of people who lived in the past slavery His words helped to turn many white Americans Americans against slavery He spoke to large crowds across the northern and midwestern midwestern United States He even traveled to Europe to give speeches After slavery ended Douglass continued to work for the rights of African Frederick Douglass was one of the most famous leaders of the fight to end slavery in the United States 5
