Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglas explained at a Fourth of July celebration, how unfairly slaves were treated in the South. As one example he reminded his audience that in Virginia there were seventy two laws for slaves mandating the death penalty. In contrast, Virginia had only laws dealing with the death penalty for whites.
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Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass (formerly Frederick Bailey) was the former slave that edited and published "The North Star".
Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist, author, editor, public speaker and diplomat
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglas
Abolitionist leader, Frederick Douglas, was married to Anna Murray-Douglass from 1838 to 1882. He was then married to Helen Pitts Douglass from 1884 to 1895.
in 1847 Douglas began his own abolitionist newspaper.
Douglas spoke at several Abolitionist meetings throughout the North, and in England.