 So Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1818, he spent his first, the first 20 years of his life as a slave. And in 1838 he escaped and made his way up to Massachusetts where he worked as a laborer for a few years. And in 1841 he was discovered by the abolitionist leader William Lloyd Garrison. And Douglass gave a speech in front of Garrison when they first met. And Garrison immediately knew he had a star on his hands and invited Douglass to join the abolitionist lecture circuit. And that began a 50-plus year career as an abolitionist order and order on behalf of other progressive causes. And Douglass, after leaving Garrison in Massachusetts in the late 1840s, began editing his own newspapers. And he did that for quite a few years. And eventually served as a kind of informal advisor to President Lincoln. And after the Civil War Douglass continued to write and speak and also was appointed to a variety of positions in Republican administrations up until the late 1880s. So Douglass literally agitated until the day he died. In February 20th, 1895 he spent the day at a women's rights convention and died that evening. So he was always engaged in the life of activism on behalf of liberty.