![]() ![]() Related: What shaped Martin Luther King Jr.'s prophetic voice?Īs one of few men to have escaped slavery with a willingness and ability to speak about his experiences, Douglass became a living embodiment of the impacts of slavery and an image of Black stature and intellect. He was also an active attendee of abolitionist meetings and, at age 23, gave his first anti-slavery speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Convention in Nantucket. Moving between abolitionist stronghold towns in Massachusetts, the pair became active members of the church community attended by many prominent former slaves, including Sojourner Truth and later Harriet Tubman.īy 1839 Douglass was a licensed preacher, a role in which he honed his speaking skills. Murray joined him and they were quickly married, settling on the new name "Douglass." According to his autobiography, the new surname was inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s poem "The Lady of the Lake." ![]() Upon setting foot in New York, Douglass was free to decide the direction of his own life for the first time. Along the way, Douglass even disguised himself in a sailor’s uniform to avoid detection. ![]() In under 24 hours Douglass traveled from Maryland, a slave state, to New York, a free state, boarding northbound trains, ferries, and steamboats. Portrait of Frederick Douglass taken between 18. ![]()
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