Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a famous African American orator and author of the 19th century. ... Frederick Douglass believed that slavery was the great sin and shame of America, a country that he truly loved. Douglass was most famous for his fiery speeches addressed to white Americans and free black men, but was also an author of magazine and newspaper articles, books, and essays. ... Frederick Douglass was basically self-educated. ... When Frederick Douglass spoke he did not care about what people would be offended or if someone would like not like him after it. ... Douglass talked of how people were disregarding the Bible and the Constitution by agreeing with the principles of slavery. One of Douglass’ most famous speeches, The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro, contains all of these named characteristics.