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Black History MonthFrederick Douglass
by Joey
The person I am writing about for Black History Month is Frederick A. Douglass. He was born in 1817, in Maryland. He was part of the Underground Railroad. He helped at least three black slaves escape to Canada. He started his own newspaper called the North Star. He tried to stop slavery. He said that helping others was the way to get rid of discrimination.
Frederick Douglass worked hard when the Civil War began. He tried to persuade President Lincoln to accept black enlisted men in to war. When blacks were permitted to enlist, Douglass helped in their struggle for equal pay. After that, Douglas sought to better the conditions of the freed man.