Douglass,Frederick

Douglass,Frederick
Doug·lass (dŭgʹləs), Frederick. 1817-1895.
American abolitionist and journalist who escaped from slavery (1838) and became an influential lecturer in the North and abroad. He wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) and cofounded and edited the North Star (1847-1860), an abolitionist newspaper.

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  • Douglass, Frederick — orig. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey born February 1818?, Tuckahoe, Md., U.S. died Feb. 20, 1895, Washington, D.C. U.S. abolitionist. The son of a slave mother and a white father, he was sent to work as a house servant in Baltimore, where… …   Universalium

  • Douglass, Frederick — orig. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (¿feb. 1818?, Tuckahoe, Md., EE.UU.–20 feb. 1895, Washington, D.C.). Abolicionista estadounidense. Hijo de madre esclava y padre blanco, fue enviado a trabajar de sirviente doméstico en Baltimore, donde… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Douglass, Frederick —  (1817–1895) Escaped American slave who became a leading abolitionist and statesman; born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • DOUGLASS, FREDERICK —    American orator, born a slave in Maryland; wrought as a slave in a Baltimore shipbuilder s yard; escaped at the age of 21 to New York; attended an anti slavery meeting, where he spoke so eloquently that he was appointed by the Anti Slavery… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Douglass, Frederick —    см. Дуглас, Фредерик …   Писатели США. Краткие творческие биографии

  • Frederick Douglass — Naissance Vers 1818 Comté de Talbot (Maryland) (États Unis) Décès 20  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Frederick Douglass — (* 1817 oder 1818 im Talbot County, Maryland; † 25. Februar 1895 in Washington D.C.; gebürtig Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) war ein ehemaliger Sklave und späterer Abolitionist und Schriftsteller …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • DOUGLASS (F.) — DOUGLASS FREDERICK (1817 1895) Né esclave dans le Maryland, Frederick Douglass est considéré comme le père du Black Protest Movement, Mouvement de libération des Noirs aux États Unis. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey naquit en 1817 dans le… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Frederick Douglass Square Historic District — Douglass, Frederick, Square Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district …   Wikipedia

  • Frederick Douglass — Frederick Douglass …   Wikipedia Español

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