Frederick Douglass was one of the most important leaders of the abolitionist movement, which people fought to end slavery within the United States in the years prior to the civil war. He served as an adviser to Abraham Lincoln during the civil war and also fought the adoption of the constitutional amendments that was voting rights and other liberties for blacks.

Douglass had a powerful voice for the human right during the period of American history and is still used today for his racial injustice. Being a wonderful speaker, he was asked by the American Anti-Slavery society to participate in a tour of lecture. After the tour he was known as Americas first black great speaker. "He has wit, arguments, sarcasm, pathos- all that first rate men show in their master efforts." The way he looked also added to his performance. He told stories about the brutal beatings...