• 1895
• February
• death
• Civil Rights
• Washington D. C.
• Grover Cleveland (2)

Washington, D. C. - Frederick Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. He was born into slavery, to a white father and enslaved mother.

Douglass spent his life either fighting to end slavery or to advance the causes of Black Americans.

While it is unknown his exact birth date, it is accepted to be sometime in February, 1818.

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