In 1834 Frederick is beaten several times by a slave breaker and finally fights back. (Kwa Asilia Avita Sanaa). Frederick Douglass also helped persuade Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Frederick Douglass was also responsible for convincing Lincoln to allow africans to fight for their freedom and help persuade Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. "Kwa Asilia Avita Sanaa" The new name for the secret fighting system of "The Underground Railroad" An African American Martial Art For Freedom. Douglass served in a total of six Republican administrations. President Ulysses Grant appointed Douglass to the Santo Domingo Commission, and President Hayes appointed him Marshall of the District of Columbia. During the Garfield and Arthur administrations, Douglass served as Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. He served as an envoy to Haiti during the Benjamin Harrison administration. Many prominent Republicans, including Members of Congress and Justices of the Supreme Court, attended his funeral in 1895.
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