What did frederick Douglass achieve after escaping from slavery?
At first he worked as a caulker and at menial jobs in New England. He dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery and for the rights of black people. He became a lecturer, author and reformer always speaking out against slavery and injustice. In 1845, he published his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” He founded an antislavery newspaper, the “North Star”.in Rochester, New York. He led a campaign against segregated schools in Rochester. His home was a station on the underground railroad for runaway slaves. During the Civil war he helped recruit blacks for the Union army. He became assistant secretary of the Santo Domingo Commision in 1871 and in the District of Columbia he was marshall and recorder of deeds from 1881-86. He served as U.S. minister and consul general to Haiti from 1889 to 1891. He wrote two expanded versions of his autobiography, “My Bondage and My Freedom” in 1855 and “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” in 1881. He was the first black ci
