FROM MY BONDAGE AND MY
FREEDOM
BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) once famously
stated, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with
nobody to do wrong." This fittingly describes the life’s
work of a man who advanced not only those of his
own race but also pushed forwarded arguments for
equal rights for women, Native Americans, and
immigrant groups. A slave who escaped to the North,
Douglass was a renowned orator who published four
popular memoirs during his lifetime. He was a leading
figure in the abolitionist movement, and he was the
first African American to appear on a presidential
ticket as the Vice Presidential Candidate in the
election of 1872.