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| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Combat | ATK 80 DEF 85 SPR 88 SPD 75 INT 99 |
| Rank | Abolitionist / Statesman / Editor / AME Zion lay leader |
| Domain | Oratory, journalism, abolitionist politics, the moral case against America |
| Alignment | Holy / Abolitionist |
| Weakness | His break with William Lloyd Garrison and his accommodation with Lincoln during the war drew criticism from more radical abolitionists |
| Key Act | Born enslaved in Maryland ~1818. Taught himself to read in violation of state law. Escaped to freedom in 1838. Published *Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave* (1845). Edited *The North Star*. Recruited Black troops for the Union Army (including two of his sons). Held federal office during Reconstruction. Delivered "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" -- one of the great American speeches -- in 1852 |
| Source | Douglass, *Narrative* (1845); *My Bondage and My Freedom* (1855); *Life and Times* (1881) |
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.” — Douglass, July 5, 1852
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