Organization: New York State Writers Hall of Fame

Frederick Douglass

born 14 FEB 1818 in Cordova, Talbot Co, MD, died 20 FEB 1895 in Washington, DC, about age 77.
Ambassador, author, abolitionist, suffragist

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Name	Birth	Death	Birthplace	Deathplace
William Cullen Bryant	3 NOV 1794	12 JUN 1878	MA, Hampshire Co, Cummington	NY, New York Co, New York City
James Fenimore Cooper	15 SEP 1789	14 SEP 1851	NJ, Burlington Co, Burlington	NY, Otsego Co, Cooperstown
Frederick Douglass	14 FEB 1818	20 FEB 1895	MD, Talbot Co, Cordova	DC, Washington
Alexander Hamilton	11 JAN 1757	12 JUL 1804	England, British West Indies	NY, New York Co, Manhattan
Washington Irving	3 APR 1783	28 NOV 1859	NY, New York Co, New York City	NY, Westchester Co, Tarrytown
Herman Melville	1 AUG 1819	28 SEP 1891	NY, New York Co, New York City	NY, New York Co, New York City
Frederick Law Olmsted	26 APR 1822	28 AUG 1903	CT, Hartford Co, Hartford	MA, Middlesex Co, Belmont
James Grover Thurber	8 DEC 1894	2 NOV 1961	OH, Franklin Co, Columbus	NY, New York Co, New York City
Walt Whitman	31 MAY 1819	26 MAR 1892	NY, Suffolk Co, Huntington, Whitman House Historic Site	NJ, Camden Co, Camden