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Frederick Douglass
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slave trade ends
The American congress prohib its the African slave trade -
Birth Day
nobody is sure about exact date of birth -
Started slave labor
Started labor as a slave -
David Walker demands slavery to end
david walker, a free black man living in boston, demands the abolition of slavery and an end to racial descrimination. -
Douglass escapes
Douglass escaped to the North and settles in Massachusets -
Enslaved Africans escape
enslaved Africans aboard the spanish ship L'Amistad revolt. -
Writes Autobiography
Douglass published the "narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass" -
Texas is admitted as a slave state
Texas is admitted to the union as a slave state -
His freedom was Bought
His english admires bought his freedom while he was in England. -
Brought out "North star"
Douglass moved to New York and brought out the "north star" against slavery. -
slavery is expanded to western territories
the Free Soil Party oppeses the expansion of slavery into the western territories -
visits hariat beecher
visits Hariatt Beecher at her home. -
Eli Thayer encourages aboliionists to move to kansas
Eli Thayer founds the Massachusets Emigrant Aid Society to encourage opponents of slavery to move to Kansas -
refuses Brown
refuses to accept brown in his raid -
comercial reopens the African slave trade
A commercial convention in Vicksburg, Miss., calls for the African slave trade to be reopened. -
President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclimation
president Lincoln signs the emancipation proclimation, freeing all slaves in areas in rebellion. -
Confederacy permits saves in the army
the Confederacy decides to permit slaves to serve in the military. -
US constitution abolishes slavery
the 13th ammendment to the us constitution abolishes slavery -
Married white woman
He married a white woman named Helen Pitts -
Died
Frederick douglass died
