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Frederick Douglass was one of the most influential men of the anti-slavery movement. He stood up for what he believed in, fought hard to get where he got and never let someone tell him he could not do something. "He sought to embody three keys for success in life: believe in yourself, take advantage of every opportunity, use the power of spoken and written language to effect positive change for yourself and society" . Frederick Douglass made a change in this country that will always be remembered.
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1817, in Tuckahoe, Maryland. " I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing". He was born on Holmes Hill Farm, near the town of Easton, Maryland. Harriet Baily was Frederick's mother. She worked the cornfields surrounding Holmes Hill. As a boy, he knew little of his father except that the man was white. As a child, he had heard rumors that the master, Aaron Anthony was his father. Frederick's......

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