Publisher's Synopsis
Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; (February 1818 - February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Let this blank journal inspire you to record your thoughts and ideas.