Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Abolitionist

 Frederick Douglass was born in 1818. He died on February 20,1895. Frederick Douglass was a former slaved who became a well-known activist and public speaker. Douglass was a big advocate for promoting anti-slavery, equality, and human rights.  He was one of the leaders in the abolitionist movement. After the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 Frederick Douglass still fought for equality and human rights. 

The purpose of the abolitionist movement was to put an end to slavery. The abolitionist movement also sought to put an end to the Atlantic slave trade. This movement was meant to end slavery in country that really valued all men being created equal. And the act of slavery was not representing this.

The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to abolish slavery permanently here in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation started on September 22,1862 and ended on January 1,1863. This proclamation made slavery abolished permanently here in the United States and Douglass was a prominent activist for the abolishment of slavery in the United States. According to Emancipation Proclamation - Definition, Dates & Summary - HISTORY, "Finally, the Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for the permanent abolition of slavery in the United States." Based on the information given you can see that the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery here in America permanently which is something that Douglass felt so strongly for. 

Douglass was a prominent advocate for the abolishment of slavery because he was once a slave his self. He knew what it felt like to be seen as property and not to be seen as a person. The first time that Douglass tried to escape slavery he was let down by a slave that he knew, and he was sent to jail. But, on September 3,1838 he used papers of a man that was already free and disguised himself as that person, got on the train and escaped. According to How Frederick Douglass Escaped Slavery - HISTORY, Undeterred, Douglass vowed to try to escape again on September 3, 1838, although he knew the risk. "I felt assured that if I failed in this attempt, my case would be a hopeless one, "he wrote in his autobiography. "It would seal my fate as a slave forever."

His chance of becoming a free man all weighed on the decision of the conductor that was on the train. The conductor that was on the train had to make sure that the people on the train had some type of documentation to show that they were free. Douglass made a strong effort to disguise himself as well as he could to look like the free man that he got the papers from. And on September 3,1838 Frederick Douglass became a free man.

Frederick Douglass was also an important activist for equality. One of the biggest problems that he fought for under the umbrella of equality was slavery. He believed that each human should be treated fairly and not seen as property. He accomplished his lifelong goals of becoming a free man and abolishing slavery in America.