Frederick Douglass - A Biography by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
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1844 Lectured with Pillsbury, Foster, and others. 1845 Published _Frederick Douglass's Narrative_. 1845-46 Visited Great Britain and Ireland. Remained in Europe two years, lecturing on slavery and other subjects. Was presented by English friends with money to purchase his freedom and to establish a newspaper. 1847 Returned to the United States. Moved with his family to Rochester, New York. Established the _North Star_, subsequently renamed _Frederick Douglass's Paper_. Visited John Brown at Springfield, Massachusetts. 1848 Lectured on slavery and woman suffrage. 1849 Edited newspaper. Lectured against slavery. Assisted the escape of fugitive slaves. |
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