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In 1888, abolitionist Frederick Douglass (Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) received one vote from the Kentucky delegation at the Repuglican convention in Chicago, effectively making him the first black candidate to have his name placed in nomination for U.S. president. (The nomination went to Benjamin Harrison.) #FrederickDouglass

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In 1818, Frederick Douglass (Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Talbot County, MD. #FrederickDouglass

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In 1895, Frederick Douglass (Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) died of a heart attack. #FrederickDouglass

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