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Frederick Douglass By Azalea Bisignano, Eileen Doyle-Samay, and Charlotte Smith Right is of no sex Truth is of no color God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren

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Biography Born a slave with the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in Talbot County, Maryland in 1818 Father was unknown and mother died when he was 7 Escaped north in 1835 and changed his name to Frederick Douglass Published the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in May 1845 Provided the funds to purchase his freedom Established his own newspaper called the North Star

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Biography Cont. Helped the Union Army to recruit black troops during the Civil War Originally a critic of Lincoln, but became an admirer after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation Advisor to several presidents: Lincoln, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, and Grant Abolitionist, orator, human rights and womens rights activist, author, publisher, social reformer, and journalist At 63, after his first wife died, he married his former white secretary, and became one the most famous examples of the Souths famous mixed racial heritage. Named Father of the Civil Rights Movement Died at the age of 77 due to heart failure in 1895

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Civil Rights: Abolitionist Movement Goal: immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation Partly influenced by the Second Great Awakening Ideas became increasingly prominent in Northern churches and politics beginning in the 1830s Slaves helped to escape on the Underground Railroad Contributed to sectionalism between the North and the South leading up to the Civil War With the passing of the 15 th Amendment which extended male suffrage to African Americans, this movement came to an end

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Civil Rights: Womens Rights Goal: to make political, social, and economic status of women equal to that of men and establish legislative safeguards against discrimination due to sex Influential Figures: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: leader of the Womens Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York Susan B. Anthony: wrote and submitted a proposed right-to-vote amendment to the Constitution in 1878 which was ratified and became the 19 th Amendment in 1920

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Methods of Reform Published the North Star weekly abolitionist newspaper Advisor to Lincolnvery well respected in the political community Famous orator Spoke at conventions Seneca Falls Council Main topic was the self-made man

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Contributions and Effects Held many important positions in the US government Minister to Hati Advisor to Lincoln MANY years before other African Americans followed Father of the Civil Rights Movement 13 th, 14 th, 15 th Ammendments Emphasized social reform for TRUE EQUALITY Largely responsible for the passage of the motion to support womens sufferage Right is of no Sex-Truth is of no Color

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