While February 14th is universally celebrated as Valentine's Day, it is also the chosen birthdate of the orator, abolitionist and "The Most Photographed Man of His Times," Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass was born into bondage in Maryland presumably in 1818, however his exact day of birth was unknown. Douglass chose February 14th as his "birthday" and the rest is history. Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in 1838 and not only became a social reformer for the equity and