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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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