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The autobiography written by Frederick Douglass is still popular today.
Frederick Douglass = man famous for eloquently opposing slavery in the US

My class was American Literature, a lecture about Frederick Douglass in a mostly empty auditorium, and it was incredibly difficult to stay awake.† (source)

Writing of his childhood in slavery, Frederick Douglass told of being acquired by a man whose wife was a tenderhearted woman who had never owned a slave.† (source) Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken, 2010

In nonfiction, I spot a single copy of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.† (source) Kathryn Stockett, The Help, 2009

The older one, living here in Talbot County, would be called Frederick Douglass after a name change or two.† (source) Octavia Butler, Kindred, 1979

A photocollage of Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Booker T. Washington hung over the mantel.† (source)

There were others on this list whom Farmer often mentioned elsewhere: the former American slave and great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who eagerly served as American ambassador to Haiti, in effect representing the Monroe Doctrine there.† (source)

They keep showing a shot of Susan B. Anthony strangling Frederick Douglass.† (source) Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian, 2009

Watercolors of George Washington Carver and Frederick Douglass glare from display cases.† (source) Ron Suskind, A Hope in the Unseen, 1998

"Why, yes," I said, "it's Frederick Douglass."† (source) Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, 1952

She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance.† (source) Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman, 1971

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Mr. Frederick Douglass said give the South a chance. (source)

They stayed with Reverend J. W. Loguen in Syracuse, and with Frederick Douglass in Rochester.† (source) Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman, 1971

Frederick Douglass lived in Rochester, Jarm Loguen lived in Syracuse; both men were friends of hers.† (source) Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman, 1971

All I knowed was Mr. Booker T Washington and Mr. Frederick Douglass was two great colored spokesmen.† (source)

Mr. Frederick Douglass taught that everybody ought to work together.† (source)

Then he changed it to Douglass, after Mr. Frederick Douglass.† (source)

Was they teaching Mr. Booker T. Washington or was they teaching Mr. Frederick Douglass?† (source)

"This is quite an office," Cedric says as his eyes wander from the paintings of Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass to a picture on the mantel of a young man about his own age, who must be Thomas's son, and then to a foot-high religious statuette on the end table near Cedric's right hand.† (source) Ron Suskind, A Hope in the Unseen, 1998

I sat now facing the portrait of Frederick Douglass, feeling a sudden piety, remembering and refusing to hear the echoes of my grandfather's voice.† (source) Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, 1952

The others had gone long before: Theodore Parker, Thomas Garrett, William H. Seward, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Colonel James Montgomery.† (source) Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman, 1971

Here they almost certainly stayed with Frederick Douglass, for he wrote in his autobiography: "On one occasion I had eleven fugitives at the same time under my roof, and it was necessary for them to remain with me until I could collect sufficient money to get them to Canada.† (source) Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman, 1971

Perhaps she was ill, perhaps Higginson had told her that he had lost confidence in the plan, perhaps word of Frederick Douglass's absolute refusal to enter what he believed to be a steel trap had influenced her—in any event, she was not at Harper's Ferry, nor did she send any recruits from Canada.† (source) Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman, 1971

But when the people saw they was treated just as bad now as before the war they said to heck with Mr. Frederick Douglass and started leaving.† (source)

This reminds me of a conversation which I once had with the Hon. Frederick Douglass.† (source)

In this library I found a life of Frederick Douglass, which I began reading.† (source)

It was a great privilege to meet throughout England those who had known and honoured the late William Lloyd Garrison, the Hon. Frederick Douglass, and other abolitionists.† (source)

When some of the white passengers went into the baggage-car to console Mr. Douglass, and one of them said to him: "I am sorry, Mr. Douglass, that you have been degraded in this manner," Mr. Douglass straightened himself up on the box upon which he was sitting, and replied: "They cannot degrade Frederick Douglass.† (source)

From that time until now I have been called "Frederick Douglass;" and as I am more widely known by that name than by either of the others, I shall continue to use it as my own.† (source)

Sincerely and earnestly hoping that this little book may do something toward throwing light on the American slave system, and hastening the glad day of deliverance to the millions of my brethren in bonds—faithfully relying upon the power of truth, love, and justice, for success in my humble efforts—and solemnly pledging my self anew to the sacred cause,—I subscribe myself, FREDERICK DOUGLASS LYNN, _Mass.† (source)

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