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Frederick Douglass was one of the early leaders of the civil rights movement. He was an abolitionist and also believed in woman’s suffrage. Born a slave, he taught himself to read and write and he escaped at age 20. He published magazines and periodicals. He worked with many noted abolitionists and acted as an adviser to President Grant. He died in 1895 after attending a woman’s suffrage movement meeting.