USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two of the most prominent abolitionist authors are William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Garrison wrote verse to promote anti-slavery sentiment. His poetry was set to music; the familiar tunes made the words easier to learn and share. In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Detailed explanation-3: -Federick Douglass was a compelling force in the anti-slavery movement. A man of moral authority, Douglass developed into a charismatic public speaker. Prominent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison recognized his oratory skill and hired him as a speaker for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

Detailed explanation-4: -Frederick Douglass worked tirelessly to make sure that emancipation would be one of the war’s outcomes. He recruited African-American men to fight in the U.S. Army, including two of his own sons, who served in the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

Detailed explanation-5: -After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.