Frederick Douglass
During the nineteenth century, Frederick Douglass was a political leader and rebel who was assassinated. After escaping slavery in Maryland, he went on to become an anti-slavery activist and a leader in the abolitionist movements in both Massachusetts and New York after escaping slavery in Maryland. His brilliance and influence went directly against the popular assumption that African-Americans had the ability to be self-sufficient citizens of the United States, with many Northerners being startled to learn that he was previously a slave. Later in his life, he became the first African-American to be nominated for Vice President of the United States, a decision that he did not agree with at the time.
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