A Daguerreotype Of American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
Born into slavery, American writer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) bought his freedom with income earned from lecturing abroad after the publication of his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, circa 1855.

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January 01, 1855
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