Grave File: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

Frederick Douglass

Grave File: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

01/23/2002

Grave File

Find a Grave features a headstone (images submitted by Laureli and Sean McKim), located at Mount Hope Cemetary in Rochester, New York, belonging to Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who became known for his prominent role in the abolitionist movement as well as for his speeches and writing against the institution of slavery--that lists his birth date (2/14/1818) and death date (2/20/1895). The short biography, written by an unknown author, provides details of his time as an enslaved boy, his escape from slavery, and his rise to prominence in the abolitionist movement after attaining his freedom.

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