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Frederick Douglass (Cyclopedia of World Authors)

Frederick Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, the son of Harriet Bailey, an African American slave, and a white man. He never knew his birthday or his father’s name. He hardly ever saw his mother. His autobiographical writings show a lifelong interest in his origins and the need to establish an identity and a heritage for himself. In later life Douglass even returned to Tuckahoe, Maryland, to see the place where he had been born.

Frederick was originally owned by Aaron Anthony, the general overseer for Edward Lloyd. Frederick’s early years were passed in...

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