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Frederick Douglass

  • ca. 1879

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Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass became an advocate for the equality of rights for all people. If there is no struggle, there is no progress.––Frederick Douglass, August 3, 1857

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This primary source comes from the Collection FL: Frank W. Legg Photographic Collection of Portraits of Nineteenth-Century Notables.

National Archives Identifier: 558770

Full Citation: FL-FL-22; Frederick Douglass; ca. 1879; Portraits, 1862–1884; Collection FL: Frank W. Legg Photographic Collection of Portraits of Nineteenth-Century Notables,; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/frederick-douglass/, April 23, 2026]

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