Frederick Douglass Born 1818 (?) ... Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. ... Frederick Douglass is one of the most important people in American History. The exact birth-date of Frederick Douglass is unknown, even to him. ... In New York , Frederick dropped his two middle names and changed his last name to Douglass to avoid capture (Scruggs). ...

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