Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1818 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 9 when Frederick Douglass was born.

Frederick Douglass was 47 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist

Born 14 February 1818 · died 20 February 1895, aged 77

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Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.