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Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest leaders of the abolitionist movement. The Abolitionist Movement fought to fought to end slavery within the United States well before the Civil War even happened. Douglass was a brilliant speaker and was asked by the American Anti-Slavery Society to engage in a tour of lectures, and that led him to become one of the first American great black speakers. This autobiography that he wrote led him to fame when it was published in 1845. Frederick Douglass even served as an advisor to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and fought for black rights to vote and other civil liberties. Frederick Douglass’s life as a slave was a long and tough one. He had many things happened to him in his upbringing that made who he grew up to be. Frederick Baily was born a slave in February 1818 on Holmes Hill Farm, near the town of Easton on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The farm was part of an estate owned by Aaron Anthony, who also managed the plantations of Edward Lloyd V, one of the wealthiest men in Maryland. Frederick’s mother worked in the cornfields around Holmes Hill. His father was white but he Frederick did know