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Events on Monday 3 September 1838 1
1838Frederick Douglass Escapes SlaveryFuture abolitionist leader flees Baltimore disguised as a sailorFrederick Douglass escaped enslavement in Baltimore, Maryland, traveling by train and boat to freedom in New York City using borrowed identification papers. He went on to become one of the most prominent abolitionist orators and writers in the United States. His 1845 autobiography later made his escape and enslavement widely known.