The Portland daily press., 1895-02-21

Frederick Douglass. was born in
Tuckahoe, near Easton, Talbot county,
Maryland. in February, 1917. His mother
was negro slave and his father a white
man. He was slave on the plantation of
Colonel Edward Lloyd. until at the age of
ten he WAS sent to Baltimore, to live with a
relative of his master. He learned to read
and write from one of his masters reia-
tives, to whom he WAS lent when about nine
years of age. His master allowed him
later to hire his own time for SO week,
and he was employed In the shipyard, and
in accordance with.a resolution long enter.
tanned. fed from Baltimore and from
slavery, September, 1888. he made his way
to New York. thence to New Bedford, Mass.
where he married and lived for two or three
years. supporting himself by day labor on
the wharves and in various workshops.
While there he changed his name from
Lloyd to Douglass. He was aided In his
efforts for self education by William Lloyd
Garrison. In the summer of 1s4l he attended
an anti-slavery convention at Nantucket,
and made a speech. which was SO we'll re-
ceived. that he was offered the agency Of
the Massachusetts anti-slavery society. In
this capacity he travelled and lectuYed
through the New England States for four
years. Large audiences were attracted by
the graphic descriptions of slavery and his
eloquent appeals. In 1s45 he went to
Europe. and lectured on slavery to enthu-
siastic audiences in nearly all the large
towns Of England, Ireland. Scotland and
Wales. In 1846 his friends in England con-
tributed $3.50 to have him manumitted IL
due form of law. He remained two years
in Great Britain, and in 1S47 began at
Rochester. N. Y. the publication of
" Frederick Douglass's Paper" whose title
was changed to 1.-THE North STAR" weekly
journal. which he continued for some years.
His supposed implication in the John Brown
raid In 1859 led Gov. Wise, of Virginia, to
make req uisition for his arrest upon the
governor of Michigan where he then was.
and in.consequenoe of this Mr.. Douglass
went'tO England and remained six or eight
months. He then returned to Rochester
and continued the publication of his paper.
When the OWL war began in 1851. he urged
upon President Lincoln the employment of
colored troops and the proclamation of
emancipation. In 1868, when permission was
given to employ such troops he assisted in
enlisting men to fill colored regiments.
especially the 54th and 55th Massachusetts.
After the abolition of slavery he discon-
tinued his paper and applied himself to the
preparation and delivery of lectures before
lyoeums. In September. 1870. he became
editor of the New National Era" In WASH
ington. which was continued by his sons,
Lewis and Frederick. In 1871 he was ep-
pointed assistant secretary to the commits
sion to Santo Domingo; and on his return
President Grant appointed him one of the
territorial council of the District of
Columbia. In 1872 he was elected presl.
dental eleotor at largo for the State of New
York, and was appointed to carry tn
electoral vote of the State of Washington
In 1876 he was appointed United States
marshal for the District of Columbia, which
Office he retained until 1881, after which he
became recorder of deeds in the District.
from which Office he was removed By Prssi
dent Cleveland in 1886. In the autumn of
1886 he revisited England. to intern the
friends he had made as fugitive slave of
the progrsss.of the African race in the
United States. with the intention of SPEND
ing the winter on the Continent and follow
ing summer in the United Kingdom. His
pnblished works are entitled Narrative of
My Experience in Slavery" Boston, 1870,
my Bondage and My Freedom" tRochester,
1850; and Life and Times of Frederick
Douglass" tHartford, 1881