Frederick Douglass
The following are websites that will help you complete the following questions about
Frederick Douglass and his contribution to American society.
www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/douglass/
www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html
www.americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=15974
www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass
classiclit.about.com/od/slavenarratives/tp/aatp-slave.htm
docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/bio.html
- Describe Frederick Douglass's early childhood include the following:
place of birth
approximate date
birth name
- How did Frederick Douglass learn to read?
- How did Frederick Douglass become a leader in the Abolitionist movement?
- What was the name of his autobiography and the name of his antislavery newspaper?
- Why did Frederick Douglass flee the United States in 1859?
- When and how did Frederick Douglass become free?
- Was President Lincoln ready to enlist black troops in the beginning of the Civil War? __________________
- Douglass was consultant to whom?_________________________
- He helped convince him that slaves should serve in the _______ forces and that the abolition of _________ should be a goal of the war.
- January 1, 1863, Lincoln’s ____________________ Proclamation clearly stated that CONFEDERATE slaves were now free.
- They could serve in the ____________ army.
- By the end of the war about ______________ African American men enlisted.
- Douglas worked as a _________ for the Union Army.
- Did his sons Charles and Lewis join the army? __________
- Should Frederick Douglass be considered an American Hero? Support your answer, why or why not.