What Was Frederick Douglass Major Accomplishments

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Frederick Douglass has accomplished many things in his lifetime. He taught himself how to read and write so that he could escape from slavery. One of his biggest accomplishments is that he was able to escape slavery. He failed twice at escaping slavery before he actually escaped. He escaped slavery in less than 24 hours at 20 years old and he arrived in New York City. Another big accomplishment for Frederick Douglass was that he published autobiographies. He felt that people needed to see and hear about how he lived his life as a slave. His book became a bestseller and was one of the first books published by an African American. Douglass also wrote abolitionist newspapers. He believed that these newspapers would help him and other abolitionists