The list of Frederick Douglass's accomplishments is astonishing respected orator, famous writer, abolitionist, civil rights leader, presidential consultant even without considering that he was formerly enslaved.
Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. He became the first Black U.S. marshal and was the most photographed American man of the 19th century.