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Events on Wednesday 20 February 1895 1
1818 – 1895Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)Died 20 February 1895, aged about 77Frederick Douglass escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist, orator, and writer, and one of the most influential African American leaders of the 19th century. He advised presidents and campaigned for the rights of both Black Americans and women. He died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C.