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Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the nation’s most influential leaders.
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Young Frederick Douglass is sent to work in the overseer’s house where he learns to read.
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Douglass starts the newspaper The North Star, an independent Black voice for abolition.
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Douglass meets Anna Murray and they plot his escape to the North to build a life together.
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Douglass uses the power of his image to challenge white stereotypes of African Americans.
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The new law empowers the government to capture and return previously enslaved people.
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Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the nation’s most influential leaders.
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The filmmakers discuss the life of Frederick Douglass.
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The young, rebellious Douglass is sent to the brutal “slave breaker,” Edward Covey.
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A brilliant orator, Douglass becomes famous for his moving speeches against slavery.
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