![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1 Book Cover](/sites/dl/free/0072491663/title/sm_perkins_vol1_10e03ss_nm.jpg) The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1, 10/e George Perkins,
Eastern Michigan University Barbara Perkins,
University of Toledo-Toledo
Key ConceptsFrederick Douglass was an inspirational and influential spokesperson in the abolitionist movement. He spoke widely about the horrors of his own experience as a slave during his youth, and his Rochester, New York, newspaper, The North Star, was representative of the many news journals that contributed to the anti-slavery cause. |
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