Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass stood up for what he believed in and that was freedom. He worked for the abolition of slavery; he attended the Seneca Falls Convention and became a supporter of women's right to vote; he led the recruiting effort for the 54th Massachusetts, the first all-Black Union combat unit in the Civil War; and he founded The North Star, the second Black newspaper published in America. Born in 1818, he was the most famous Black abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century.