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  1820-1859  Protestantism was revived in North America  Equality among all – Activists  Frederick Douglass advocated equality for women and slaves.

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3   1820-1859  Protestantism was revived in North America  Equality among all – Activists  Frederick Douglass advocated equality for women and slaves The Second Great Awakening

4 Jennifer Quaglia Ali Johnson

5   Full name: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey  Born February 1818 in Maryland  Mother: Harriet Bailey  Education – Taught himself to read  Worked as a slave in Maryland, became a field hand, and then worked as a ship builder. Biography

6  Biography, continued  Two escape attempts: First was a failure, the second a success  Anne Murray, Helen Pitts  Had three sons and one daughter  Death in 1895

7  Abolitionist Movement  Early 1830s  Anti-American Society founded in 1833  Inspired by religious principles and republican ideology  Religious Abolitionists  Political Abolitionists  Radical and Militant Abolitionists

8  Abolitionist Contributions  Autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself  Did not assume the Constitution was a pro- slavery document  Did not advocate the dissolution of the Union

9  Abolitionist Contributions  Conferred with Abraham Lincoln  Recruited Northern blacks for Union Army  Underground Railroad  Lectured against Slavery in England

10   Changed the way in which the Civil War was viewed  Publicized the abolitionist movement Effect of his Contributions in the Abolitionist Movement

11   One of the only men who represented women’s rights  Set precedent for other abolitionists Effect of his Contributions to the Feminist Movement

12   Marck, John T. "Frederick Douglass." About Famous People. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2012..  Blight, David W. "Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895." Documenting the American South. University of North Carolina, 2004. Web. 21 Mar. 2012..  "Second Great Awakening." American Centuries. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 2008. Web. 21 Mar. 2012..  Douglass, Frederick. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave." Etext. University of Berkeley, n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2012..  Douglass, Frederick. "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro." Africans in America. Web. 22 Mar. 2012..  "A Short Biography of Frederick Douglass." Frederick Douglass. Fremarjo Enterprises, n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2012..  McKivigan, John R. "A Brief History of the American Abolitionist Movement." American Abolitionism. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2012.. Works Cited


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