Draft:Frederick Douglas (performer)

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Frederick Douglas was a performer in the United States.

He was born in Nashville, Tennessee and moved with his family to Cleveland while a baby.

He did an act juggling plates. His son Louis Douglas assisted him and went on to become a showman.[1][2]

Performed as Dr. Straight (in name only), street fakir in In Dahomey?

Not to be confused with Frederick Douglas Sulis (Draft:Fred Sulis).

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  1. ^ https://oxfordaasc.com/browse?t=AASC_Occupations%3A845&t0=AASC_Eras%3A5
  2. ^ Lotz, Rainer E. (1997). Black People: Entertainers of African Descent in Europe and Germany. Dr Rainer Lotz. ISBN 9783980346184.