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Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Frederick Douglass
Born: February, 1818
Died: February 20, 1895 (aged 77)
Bio: Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
Known for:
- Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881)
- My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
- Autobiographies
- Escape from slavery
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