Frederick Douglass:
Born as Frederick Augustus Washington Bail(e)y.
(Cordova, Talbot County (Maryland), 14 February[1] 1818 – Washington, 20 February 1895).
American abolitionist, Republican, editor, publicist, politician and reformer. He was one of the leading proponents of the abolition of slavery and is considered one of the most influential writers and speakers in American history.
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.