How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

Introduction to Frederick Douglass. This video offers an overview of the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" which was published in 1845, details his early life as a slave and escape to ...

Just in terms of his fame and popularity, Douglass was like the LeBron James of his day,” he says. Douglass’s significance “is in a combination of the popularity, the accuracy and detail of a ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. We urge all Americans to consider the ideas, life and legacy of the… ...

These passages are mostly defiant, but sometimes reflect the despair of Douglass’s early life in enslavement on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where he was born as Frederick Bailey in 1817 or 1818.

He wrote three autobiographies, the first, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave," promoted the cause of abolition and was a bestseller in 1845. The second, "My Bondage ...

Discussion | Becoming Frederick Douglass. 10/3/2022 | 43m 43s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Scholars, professors and historians discuss the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass.

The life of Frederick Douglass takes center stage in “American Prophet: Frederick Douglass In His Own Words,” a new musical about the abolitionist that will premiere August 15 at Arena Stage.