Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became a social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War. After that conflict and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862, he continued to push for equality and human rights until his death in 1895. (history.com, 2022)