Frederick Douglass 1852 speech both extolls principles in the Declaration of Independence (and Constitution) and condemns ...

In every generation, the Declaration of Independence has stood for a more expansive promise of freedom and equality.

But patriotism’s home base clearly is the United States. Fully half of Americans think their country is the best on Earth, ...

Douglass had hoped it would turn Auld into a “more kind and humane” man, as he wrote in his first autobiographical narrative. But instead, Auld “found religious sanction and support for his ...

From enslavement to freedom: Douglass’s early life American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s.

In essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious states.

Historian Field Horne’s latest book, “Saratoga’s Black Heritage: A Guidebook,” returns Douglass to the area, this time to Saratoga Springs, in April 1870.

The best autobiographies for a new perspective Let’s be honest: We’re all kind of nosy. Fine, call it curious—tomato, tomahto ...

Even before Douglass arrived in Ireland in 1845, he was aware of the rich tradition of Irish men and women involved in the transatlantic movement to bring an end to the U.S. system of enslavement.

In his lifetime, Douglass wrote 1,200 pages of autobiography, edited newspapers for nearly two decades, and wrote thousands of speeches. “Words are core to the story of [Douglass] because he left us ...