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Frederick Douglass - Path to Freedom

Young Frederick Douglass would discover his pathway to freedom after he was moved to a plantation where his mistress taught him to read.

Young Frederick Douglass would discover his pathway to freedom after he was moved to a plantation where his mistress taught him to read

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Frederick Douglass - Full Episode (46:33)

Frederick Douglass - Full Episode

Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in 1838 and used his talents as a writer and orator to fight for emancipation. Douglass edited an abolitionist newspaper, recruited black regiments during the Civil War, and advised President Lincoln.

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Frederick Douglass - From Slave to Soldier (2:01)

Frederick Douglass - From Slave to Soldier

In 1863, Frederick Douglass enlists as a recruiting officer for an African American regiment in the Civil War. From "Biography: Frederick Douglass."

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Frederick Douglass - Meet John Brown (2:24)

Frederick Douglass - Meet John Brown

In the 1850s, Frederick Douglass allied with a passionate white Abolitionist named John Brown, who became a powerful symbol to Douglass for the violent overthrow of the slave system.

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Frederick Douglass - Impassioned Speaker (2:23)

Frederick Douglass - Impassioned Speaker

After testifying firsthand to the brutality of slavery at an American Anti-Slavery Society meeting in Nantucket, Frederick Douglass became an overnight success in the Abolitionist arena of public speaking.

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