Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in 1818 to his mother, a slave named Harriet Bailey. Frederick Douglass was a slave born in Talbot County, Maryland. Douglass escaped the terrors of slavery in 1838, and moved to Massachusetts similar to many other slaves in the 19th century. Douglass eventually married Anna Murray in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Douglass had such a passion to receive justice for his race that he dedicated his life to the elimination of slavery, and the movement dedicated to African American civil rights. Douglass as an extremely important abolitionist leader in the 19th century. He was an author, abolitionist, role model, and lecturer. Douglass was a very influential role model throughout the centuries, because of all of his achievements. After Douglass escaped slavery he was asked by William C. Coffin to tell his story at abolitionist meetings, doing so made Douglass become an anti-slavery lecturer. At one of the conventions, Douglass heard a inspiring speaker named William Lloyd Garrison. Douglass subscribed to William Lloyd Garrison's weekly journal called "The Liberator." William Garrison was impressed with Douglass' linguistic skills, he noticed Douglass' talent, which made him write about Douglass in "The Liberator." After the journal was published, Douglass started having more and more people that loved hearing him speak, but he also had people, prejudiced people, that didn't agree with what he had to say. Douglass' crowds weren't always pretty, he was even put into situations where he was chased and beaten by mobs because of what he was doing for African Americans. William Garrison saw how well Douglass was doing in delivering his speeches, and he advised him to write his first autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," in 1845. Overtime Douglass was accused of being an imposter, because they felt like a slave without any education would ne