Upon his escape from slavery at age 20, he adopted the surname of Frederick Douglass and quickly became involved in the campaign against slavery known as the abolitionist movement. ... Douglass's devotion to abolitionism led him to confer with Abraham Lincoln during the civil war and after the war he fought for the rights of women and African-Americans alike. ... I do not ever remember to have met a slave who could tell of his birthday." ... In this first part we are going to see how acquiring language provided Douglass with a sense of self. ... (p. 58) He then added that if Douglass...

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