Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was on of the most important black leaders in the Antislavery movement. He was born 1817 in Talbot Country, MD. He was the son of Harriet Bailey, and an unknown white man. His mother was a slave therefore he was born a slave. He lived with his grandparents until the age of eight, so he never got a chance to know his mother well. When he turned eight, he was sent to "…showed first 75 words of 851 total…

…showed last 75 words of 851 total…Brown's opinion of armed forces to help slaves escape. But he appeased Brown's plan to attack the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Va., in 1859. Yet when they captured Brown in the assault, Douglass was accused as an accomplice. He had to flee to Canada to avoid being arrested and tried for treason. Douglass later returned in 1860 when the confusion had diminished. During the Civil War, people stated that slavery was the true cause of slavery