John Brown stays at Douglass's Sails from Quebec for England Receives pass from President Lincoln (1 Feb 1858 Jahr – 1 Aug 1863 Jahr)

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February 1, 1858 - John Brown stays at Douglass's home in Rochester while perfecting plans for encouraging slave revolt.

August 20, 1859 - Meets Brown secretly at stone quarry near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; learns of plan to attack Harpers Ferry; refuses to join Brown's forces.

October 17, 1859 - Delivers lecture on "Self-Made Men" at Philadelphia; lecture interrupted by news of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry; within a week hurries to Canada to evade arrest on charge of being a Brown accomplice.

November 12, 1859 - Sails from Quebec for England, where he stays six months.

August 29, 1860 - Attends radical abolition national convention at Syracuse; chosen one of two presidential electors-at-large; first time a Negro nominated for such a post.

February 24, 1863 - Becomes an agent for the U.S. Government to recruit Negro soldiers into the Union Army.

February 27, 1863 - Issues "Men of Color, To Arms."

February – July, 1863 - Travels throughout the North recruiting black troops; sons Lewis and Charles are among first to enlist; both see action with Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment.

August 10, 1863 - Receives pass from President Lincoln enabling him to go safely through the Union lines.

August, 1863 - Ceases publication of Douglass's Monthly, successor to The North Star and Frederick Douglass's Papers, ending fifteen-year career as editor and stating that he is going to the South to recruit Negro soldiers.

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