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Frederick Douglass was a major civil rights activist in the 19th Century Noted for Books and Speeches on Slavery and Oppression. He was NOT a regiment!
Two of his sons served in the 54th Massachussets Regiment. Which was not the first black regiment formed but one of the first Northen Black Regiments formed.
the first Recruited regiment was probably the 1st Louisianna Native Guards or The First South Carolina Colored infantry.
The first black regiment to fight was the 1 Kansas Colored.
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Frederick Douglass had 5 children during his lifetime. Frederick Douglass is most known for being a former slave turned abolitionist.
Yes, Frederick Douglass had children. The most known are his two sons who went to war in the 1860s. (During the Civil War.)
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In the South, the slaves were often used to aid their 'masters' in battles although not participating in the war itself. Former slaves were recruited by the North and volunteered proudly. The most famous regiment was the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The first African-American regiment was the South Carolina 1st regiment.
There were many during the Emancipation Proclamation period of 1862, depends on what city and state you mean. Here are a few: William Wilberforce, Wendall Phillips, Mary Todd Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, etc.