Frederick Douglass

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African American abolitionist human orator social reformer statesman writer

Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman whose autobiographies became foundational works in American and African American literature.

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American → abolitionist → human → orator → social reformer → statesman → writer →
advocatedFor	African American civil rights → abolition of slavery → women's suffrage →
associatedWith	American Anti-Slavery Society → Liberty Party (United States) → Republican Party (United States) →
birthName	Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
citizenship	United States →
commemoratedBy	U.S. postage stamps → statues and memorials in the United States →
countryOfBirth	United States →
dateOfBirth	1818-02-14 → 1818-02-?? →
dateOfDeath	1895-02-20 →
editorOf	Frederick Douglass' Paper → The North Star →
escapeDate	1838-09-03 →
escapedFrom	slavery →
ethnicity	African American →
familyName	Bailey → Douglass →
foughtAgainst	slavery in the United States →
founded	The North Star →
fullName	Frederick Douglass →
genre	autobiography →
givenName	Frederick →
influenced	African American literature → American abolitionist movement → civil rights movement in the United States →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	American anti-slavery movement → abolitionism → suffrage movement → women's rights movement →
notableFor	former slave who became a national leader of the abolitionist movement → foundational autobiographies in American literature → influential oratory against slavery → leading African American abolitionist →
notableWork	Life and Times of Frederick Douglass → My Bondage and My Freedom → Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave →
occupation	abolitionist → author → diplomat → newspaper editor → orator → public official →
placeOfBirth	Eastern Shore of Maryland → Talbot County, Maryland NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld	Chargé d'Affaires to the Dominican Republic → Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia → U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia → U.S. Minister Resident and Consul General to Haiti →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Rochester, New York NERFINISHED → Washington, D.C. →
spouse	Anna Murray Douglass → Helen Pitts Douglass →
subjectOf	Frederick Douglass National Historic Site →
wasEnslavedIn	Maryland →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anna Murray Douglass → Lewis Henry Douglass →	notableRelative
Frederick Douglass's newspaper office in Washington, D.C. →	associatedPerson
Frederick Douglass's newspaper office in Washington, D.C. →	associatedWith
Rochester →	associatedWithPerson
Sydney Howard Gay →	collaboratedWith
The North Star →	editor
Frederick Douglass's newspaper office in Washington, D.C. →	editorInChief
Lewis Henry Douglass →	father
The North Star →	founder
Frederick Douglass →	fullName
The Liberator →	hadContributor
African-American history →	hasKeyFigure
Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association →	hasNotableAssociatedPerson
African American literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Frederick →	hasNotableBearer
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York →	hasNotableBurial
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn →	hostedSpeaker
Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association →	namedAfter
The North Star →	notableContributor
American abolitionist movement →	notableFigure
American Anti-Slavery Society →	notableMember
American Colonization Society →	opposedBy
Frederick Douglass's newspaper office in Washington, D.C. →	owner
The North Star →	publisher
Anna Murray Douglass →	spouse