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Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, had a strong impact on American and African American history through his involvement with the abolitionist movement and the establishment of the abolitionist paper called the “North Star.” As a young slave growing up Fre ....

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.... learned to read well. “At 7, Frederick was sent to his master, Captain Aaron Anthony, at a nearby plantation. There he first met a brother and two sisters. He later recalled sadly that "slavery had made us strangers." (Compton’s Interactive Deluxe 1) At the age of 13 he read “The Colombian Orator”, a book of speeches denouncing slavery and oppression deepened his hatred of slavery. “In 1833 Frederick was sent to work for Auld's brother, Thomas, at a plantation near St. Michael's, Md. Frederick's pride angered his new master, who placed him in the hands of a "slave breaker" in an effort to "tame" him. One day the two fought, and Frede ....