This Was a Man

Frederick Bailey was born into slavery in 1818. With determination, courage, some help from others, and good luck, he managed to escape to freedom when he was 20 years old. He made his way to Massachusetts, gave himself a new name, Frederick Douglass, started working as a free man and very soon gave a triumphant first speech to an abolitionist group, which launched him on a career as an anti-slavery speaker and writer.

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This Was a Man is an episode from The American Story by Christopher Flannery.

This episode is 06:33 long.

This episode was published on Aug 30, 2022.

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