Born a slave in 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland, Douglass bribed the white son of his owner to teach him how to read. The owner found out and stopped the instruction, but Douglass continued his quest to learn in secret and eventually taught other African-Americans to become literate.

He published three volumes of autobiography after escaping to the North and editing various anti-slavery periodicals. He also advocated women's rights and recruited African-Americans, including his own sons, to join the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the first Civil War unit comprised of black troops. Eventually, he settled in Washington, DC at Cedar Hill, which is now a National Park Service property. He died in 1895.

Medium: 1 print : lithograph, color

Created/Published: Between 1870 and 1900

Housed in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

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Product #: 21604055