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Frederick Douglass

1818 - 1895

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Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York and gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Douglass is the 165th most popular social activist, the 1,816th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,527th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Social Activist.

Frederick Douglass is most famous for his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Frederick Douglass ranks 165 out of 840. Before him are Abimael Guzmán, Hilda Gadea, Amal Clooney, David Lane, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Gangubai Kothewali. After him are Malala Yousafzai, Alexander Pechersky, Rigoberta Menchú, Leila Khaled, Meng Huo, and Gaius Julius Civilis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Frederick Douglass ranks 29. Before him are Maria Mitchell, Zachris Topelius, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, Benjamin Butler, Thomas Mayne Reid, and Amalia of Oldenburg. After him are Mary Todd Lincoln, Emperor Norton, Francesco Crispi, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1895, Frederick Douglass ranks 22. Before him are Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Charles Frederick Worth, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Nikolai Leskov, Friedrich Miescher, and Arthur Cayley. After him are James Dwight Dana, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Carl Ludwig, Lord Randolph Churchill, Francesco Filippini, and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Douglass ranks 1,816 out of 20,380. Before him are Kobe Bryant (1978), Linda Gray (1940), Black Dahlia (1924), Martha Stewart (1941), Neil Diamond (1941), and Sam Cooke (1931). After him are Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Angie Dickinson (1931), Pat Brown (1905), Tom Skerritt (1933), Clara Bow (1905), and Cliff Robertson (1923).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Frederick Douglass ranks 25. Before him are Susan B. Anthony (1820), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Cesar Chavez (1927), George Stinney (1929), Frances Willard (1839), and David Lane (1938). After him are Billy Milligan (1955), Sojourner Truth (1797), Fred Phelps (1929), Martin Luther King Sr. (1899), Gloria Steinem (1934), and Edward Snowden (1983).

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