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Frederick Douglass Born: February 14, 1818 Died: February 20, 1895

Biography of Frederick Douglass:
 * born a slavein 1818
 * escaped slavery in 1838 and fled to Massachusetts
 * joined various orginizations, an African American Church, and regulary attended abolitionist meetings
 * contributor to anti-slavery lectures
 * published an Anti-Slavey paper called the North Star
 * contributor to the freedom of slaves
 * resided in New Bedford, Massachusetts for 7 years
 * resided in Rochester, New York since 1845

Question 1: I am a supporter of the anti-slavery movement in America. We are trying to show the importance of each human being and how they affect the society of America. We are trying to free all slaves in America so that everyone actually does have equal liberties and rights, and not just the rich, white people of the land.

Question 2: The American Anti-Slavery Society travels around America to talk at many different institutions to demote the ways of slavery. By traveling around the country, we promoted Anti-Slavery to many different kinds of people and tried to influence them to believe that even African Americans should have the same rights as any other Americans. Also, my good friend, William Lloyd Garrison, wrote "The Liberator" which promoted Anti-Slavery on a weekly basis.

Question3: The success of the Ameican Anti-Slavery Society was massive. We finally were able to free every African American that was residing in America. It may have taken a while, but it was worth the wait, because I was able to watch my people be freed.

Question 4: The methods we used to promote Anti-Slavery was very pratical in this time period. This is because we traveled around to over 100 institutions to talk about Anti-Slavery. This helped us because we were able to talk to the people who were opposed to us, but we were able to help change some people's minds.

Question 5: The federal government could have helped us because we could have used money to help us travel around the country. They could have also supported us more than they had, and tried to pass the laws sooner.

Works Cited:

"A Short Biography of Frederick Douglass." 1 Jan. 2004. Fremarjo Enterprises, Inc. 2 Oct. 2008 [| http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html].

"Frederick Douglass." __Judgment Day__. PBS. 2 Oct. 2008 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html.

"The Rochester Years." 2 Oct. 2008 http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html.