douglass Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
Frederick Douglass.
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noun United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
Stephen Arnold Douglas; Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas; Douglas.