Trump was praising Douglass in the present tense as if he is a rising star among black political leaders. The great abolitionist, however, died in 1895. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became the most famous black leader of the 19th century. Many doubted that a former slave could be such an eloquent speaker, which prompted him to write his first autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”. It became a bestseller in the United States and Europe and is now considered a must-read classic on slavery.
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