1. Created by: Lauren Donnelly
Frederick Douglass
Created by: Lauren Donnelly

3. Who was Frederick Douglass?
Born as a slave in 1818
Lived in Baltimore, Maryland
Learned to read by giving poor boys pieces of bread
Frederick was able to read by age 12
He read about slavery and freedom
Because of reading, he wanted to be free

4. Who was Frederick Douglass?
Owner sent him to work in the Baltimore Harbor
He escaped to freedom on Sept. 3, 1838 on a train
The train took him to New York
Douglass decided to live in New Bedford Massachusetts.
He became an
abolitionist and
spoke out against
slavery

5. Map of Frederick’s early life

6. Who was Frederick Douglass?
Douglass began giving antislavery speeches
Many people thought he was too smart to have been a slave
He wrote a book called Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave
He traveled to Great Britain where he gave speeches for 2 years
His friends bought his freedom and he came back to the U.S. a free man

7. Who was Frederick Douglass?
When he returned to the U.S., he started a newspaper called The North Star that had articles speaking against slavery.
Douglass also spoke out for women’s rights to vote.
Douglass was friends with a woman named Susan B. Anthony who also believed in rights for women.

8. Who was Frederick Douglass?
He hid slaves in his house and was part of the Underground Railroad.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
Lincoln was against slavery.
Some states did not want slavery to end, so they formed the Confederacy.
The states that wanted slavery to end were called the Union.
In 1861, a war started between the Confederacy and the Union.

9. Who was Frederick Douglass?
Abraham Lincoln declared that all slaves were free during the war.
This was called the Emancipation Proclamation.
Douglass worked with Lincoln to help free the slaves.
Even though the slaves were free, they still weren’t treated fairly.
Douglass worked hard to get equal rights for ex- slaves and women.

10. Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation

11. Productive Resources:
Places:
Maryland
MassachusettsNew York
Washington D.C.
Causes:
Abolitionist
Women’s right to vote
Gov’t Actions:
Emancipation Proclamation
Frederick Douglass
Fun Facts:
Productive Resources:
The North Star Newspaper
Train i
Character Traits:
Determination
Desire
Brave
Strong

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Mary McLeod Bethune
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13. Frederick Douglass Vocabulary:
Abolitionist: A person who wants to end slavery
Civil rights: rights protected by laws
Conductor: a person who helped people to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Conscience: inner sense of right and wrong
Enslaved: forced to work without pay
Expression: the ability to speak or write
Freedom: not being controlled by someone else. n