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douglass

/ˈdʌɡ.ləs/

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noun

/ˈdʌɡ.ləs/C1formal
  • ruИмя собственное, относящееся к выдающемуся американскому общественному реформатору, аболиционисту, оратору, писателю и государственному деятелю, который сбежал из рабства и стал ведущим голосом аболиционистского движения в 19 веке.

A proper noun referring to a prominent American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who escaped from slavery and became a leading voice for the abolitionist movement in the 19th century.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. Frederick DouglassB2formalamerican

    An American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who escaped from slavery and became a leading voice for the abolition of slavery and civil rights in the 19th century.

    ruФредерик Дуглас

    • Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech 'What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?' in 1852.
    • Douglass wrote several autobiographies detailing his life in bondage and his escape to freedom.
    • He was a prominent advisor to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
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