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Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the nation’s most influential leaders.
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Young Frederick Douglass is sent to work in the overseer’s house where he learns to read.
A brilliant orator, Douglass becomes famous for his moving speeches against slavery.
The new law empowers the government to capture and return previously enslaved people.
Douglass meets Anna Murray and they plot his escape to the North to build a life together.
The young, rebellious Douglass is sent to the brutal “slave breaker,” Edward Covey.
Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the nation’s most influential leaders.
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