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Waveform Audio File Format  |  2000-10-09  |  783.8 KB  |  1 channel  |  11,025 sample rate  |  36 seconds

Transcription: Frederick Douglass, originally an escaped slave, had a natural eloquence that made him a leader of the abolitionist cause well before the Civil War. He was a consultant to President Lincoln and successfully urged the enlistment of free blacks into the federal army. In his later years, Douglass lived in a handsome home known as Cedar Hill in the city of Washington. The house is now a National Historic Site. It's beautifully furnished as it was in his lifetime and contains his treasured books and many gifts from admirers of his work.

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