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Frederick Douglass was born a black slave but escaped. He became a noted abolitionist and worker for equal rights, for blacks and for women. He suggested at one point in his life that his biological father may have been one of his mother's masters.

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Yes, Frederick Douglas was an abolitionist. After escaping from slavery, he attended a church that promoted emanicipation, and in 1841 he became involved with the movement as a speaker.
he was a former slave before he died he was an abolitionist(against slavery)

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Frederick Douglas was an African American who escaped from slavery and became a social reformer, orator, writer, statesman and a leader of the abolitionist movement. He demonstrated that the slaves had the intellectual capacity to become independent citizens of the USA, if supported by a proper education, and to gain important positions in the American society.

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Yes, he was. He was a powerful speaker and became a journalist.

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Yes, he was an escaped slave.

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