From Slave to Presidential Advisor in 25 Years In 1838, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery dressed as a sailor with borrowed identity papers. Within 25 years, he was advising President Lincoln in the White House. Born Frederick Bailey with no recorded birthdate (enslaved people weren't given that courtesy), Douglass taught himself to read despite his master forbidding it. Three years after escape, he became a powerful orator. His 1845 autobiography sold 5,000 copies in four months—so successful
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