One of the most prominent civil rights figures in history, Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery and spent his life advocating for social justice, holding a place within the ranks of such prominent figures as President Lincoln, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony.orn into slavery in Bay-side Talbot County, Maryland in 1818, Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was the son of Harriet Bailey and a white man. Separated from his mother as an infant, he lived with his maternal grandmother Betty Bailey until the age of seven.
If she had a blow to the head, she could have had bleeding into the brain or a hemorrhage in the brain that would cause blood to come out of her nose and mouth upon death, especially if she was on blood thinners. Another cause would be a massive heart attack.
In Real Life, coughing blood can indeed indicate life-threatening damage. One of the scientific names for this symptom is  Hemoptysis . It can result from organ and tissue damage from disease or trauma; punctures in the respiratory and gastro-intestinal tracts; and massive trauma to the body as a whole. In Final Fantasy Tactics there are several characters who die with blood from the mouth. 2  Duke Larg and Duke Goltana both die coughing a burst of red pixels, and in his final character portrait, Islude is also portrayed as bleeding from the mouth.