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[[italicized]] Foreword [[/italicized]]

Among the giants in American history the name of Frederick Douglass stands out. He was born a slave about February 14, 1817, escaped first to New York, and then to New Bedford. He educated himself. He became a great abolitionist with Williams Lloyd Garrison. He went to England, and later friends paid for his liberty. Douglass issued the "North Star," a militant anti-slavery paper. 
After emancipation, he fought for complete enfranchisement of al citizens. He advocated women suffrage. Douglass rose to great heights as an orator and writer and became Recorder of Deeds and U. S. Marshall of the District of Columbia, and Minister to Haiti. 
He loved his home at Cedar Hill, in Anacostia, D. C. and spent many pleasant hours and years in those beautiful surroundings. He died there on February 20, 1895. 
The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and the Frederick Douglass Memorial & Historical Association are grateful to the National Advisory Board of outstanding American leaders and the Guild of Distinguished Women for their endorsement of the permanent memorial shrine to Frederick Douglass on Cedar Hill in Anacostia, D. C. 
This historic sight will stand as a monument to Frederick Douglass and the struggle which he successfully waged for freedom and human dignity. 

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