tts Anti-slavery
Society.

1842

Took part in Rhode Island campaign against the Dorr constitution.
Lectured on slavery. Moved to Lynn, Massachusetts.

1843

Took part in the famous "One Hundred Conventions" of the New England
Anti-slavery Society.

1844

Lectured with Pillsbury, Foster, and others.

1845

Published _Frederick Douglass's Narrative_.

1845-46

Visited Great Britain and Ireland. Remained in Europe two years,
lecturing on slavery and other subjects. Was presented by English
friends with money to purchase his freedom and to establish a
newspaper.

1847

Returned to the United States. Moved with his family to Rochester, New
York. Established the _North Star_, subsequently renamed _Frederick
Douglass's Paper_. Visited John Brown at Springfield, Massachusetts.

1848

Lectured on slavery and woman suffrage.

1849

Edited newspaper. Lectured against slavery. Assisted the escape of
fugitive slaves.

1850

_May 7._ Attended meeting of Anti-slavery Society at New York City.
Running debate with Captain Rynders.

1852

Supported the Free Soil party. Elected delegate from Rochester to Free
Soil convention at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Supported John P. Hale for
the Presidency.

1853

Visited Harriet Beecher Stowe at Andover, Massachusetts, with
reference to industrial school for colored youth.

1854

Opposed repeal of Missouri Compromise.

_June 12._ Delivered commencement address at Western Reserve College,
Hudson, Ohio.

1855

Published _My Bondage and My Freedom_. _March_. Addressed the New York
legislature.

1856

Supported Fremont, candidate of the Republican party.

1858

Established _Douglass's Monthly_. Entertained John Brown at Rochester.

1859

_August 20_. Visited John Brown at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

_May 12 [October]._ Went to Canada to avoid arrest for alleged
complicity in the John Brown raid.

_November 12._ Sailed from Quebec for England.

Lectured and spoke in England and Scotland for six months.

1860

Returned to the United States. Supported Lincoln for the Presidency.

1862

Lectured and spoke in favor of the war and against slavery.

1863

Assisted in recruiting Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts
colored regiments. Invited to visit President Lincoln.

1864

Supported Lincoln for re-election.

1866

Was active in procuring the franchise for the freedmen.

_September._ Elected delegate from Rochester to National Loy