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Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland in 1817. As a boy he taught himself to read and write.
In addition to working as both a house servant and a field hand, he also, later in his life, worked in a shipyard where he wrote fake passes to help slaves escape to freedom.
When he was 21 years of age, Douglass himself escaped from slavery, and consequently spent the rest of his life working to free Blacks from slavery and segregation.
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To learn about his ordeals during slavery, read his autobiography called Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, then google-search his name and click on the relevant online sources for further inquiry.
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