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  1. c. 1817-1895. US anti-slavery campaigner.
  2. Born a slave in Maryland, he escaped in 1838.
  3. His autobiographical Narrative of the Life of
  4. Frederick Douglass 1845 aroused support in
  5. northern states for the abolition of slavery.
  6. After the Civil War, he held several US
  7. government posts, including minister to
  8. Haiti.
  9.