On this day in 1841

On this day in 1841

Dec. 3, 1841 Frederick Douglass circa 1879 Credit: Wikipedia Frederick Douglass founded and edited his first antislavery newspaper, “The North Star,” in Rochester, New York. The publication title referred to Polaris, the bright star that helped guide Black Americans escaping slavery: “To millions, now in our boasted land of liberty, it is the STAR OF HOPE.”  He explained in this first issue that he desired to see “in this slave-holding, slave-t…