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From 1847 until 1863, on this site, Frederick Douglass published the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star and succeeding journals. Having escaped from slavery in his youth, he became one of the most eloquent speakers and aggressive journalists in the abolitionist movement. After the Civil War, he won recognition as the leading spokesman for the black cause and received several federal appointments in that capacity.
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