USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Douglass founded and edited his first antislavery newspaper, The North Star, beginning December 3, 1847. The title referred to the bright star, Polaris, that helped guide those escaping slavery to the North.

Detailed explanation-2: -He established the abolitionist paper The North Star on December 3, 1847, in Rochester, NY, and developed it into the most influential black antislavery paper published during the antebellum era. It was used to not only denounce slavery, but to fight for the emancipation of women and other oppressed groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -Douglass also believed that black people themselves must lead in the movement for their own liberation, which is one of the reasons he founded a new abolitionist newspaper, the North Star, in Rochester, New York, in 1847.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1821, Benjamin Lundy established the first American anti-slavery newspaper, The Genius of Universal Emancipation, in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. In 1831, William Lloyd Garrison of Boston began publishing The Liberator, which was to become one of the most famous antislavery newspapers in the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -Douglass was a leader of the abolition movement, fighting against slavery through speeches and writings. He passed away in 1874 at his home in Washington D.C. The North Star, later called Frederick Douglass’ Paper, was an antislavery newspaper published by Frederick Douglass.