Frederick Douglass Autobiographies

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Frederick Douglass was an African American man, who became known as one of the most influential characters in his day. Douglass was born in the year of 1818. He was a slave who learned how to read and write. Frederick Douglass wrote several autobiographies detailing his life as a slave.

Frederick was born in Talbot County in the year 1818. However, due to being born in slavery his official birth date is unknown. As a slave he learned how to read and write he picked February 14 to be his official birth date.

In Baltimore, Douglass was sold to the Hugh family where he would learn how to read and write in secret. At the age of eight, Mr. Hugh’s wife began teaching Frederick how to read and write.