Why was frederick douglass important? he was the first governor of kansas. he made the first pro-slavery speech in congress. he was a leader of the abolitionist movement. he led the movement for the missouri compromise.

The correct answer is alternative C) "He was a leader of the abolitionist movement."

Frederick Douglass was a slave in Maryland, but he managed to escape. After escaping, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in New York and Massachusetts. He was most famous for his oratory, which was a great trait to have given the fact that one of the arguments used by slaveholders was that slaves didn't have the intellectual capacity to become functioning members of society, and Frederick was the living example of an intelligent former slave.

the founding fathers did not think women were asmportant as mern were and men could do more and better things then women