Frederick Douglass

• Author : Frederick Douglass
• Publisher : Yale University Press
• Release : 08 December 2009

This volume of The Frederick Douglass Papers represents the first of a four-volume series of the selected correspondence of the great American abolitionist and reformer. Douglass’s correspondence was richly varied, from relatively obscure slaveholders and fugitive slaves to poets and politicians, including Horace Greeley, William H. Seward, Susan B. Anthony, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The letters acquaint us with Douglass’s many roles—politician, abolitionist, diplomat, runaway slave, women’s rights advocate, and family man—and include many previously

• Author : Frederic May Holland
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 16 May 1891

• Author : Frederick Douglass
• Publisher : University of Virginia Press
• Release : 06 August 2013

Frederick Douglass was born enslaved in February 1818, but from this most humble of beginnings, he rose to become a world-famous orator, newspaper editor, and champion of the rights of women and African Americans. He not only survived slavery to live in freedom but also became an outspoken critic of the institution and an active participant in the U.S. political system. Douglass advised presidents of the United States and formally represented his country in the diplomatic corps. He was the

• Author : Carole Marsh
• Publisher : Gallopade International
• Release : 01 August 2003

An activity book that presents information about Frederick Douglass.

• Author : Peter C. Myers
• Publisher : American Political Thought (Un
• Release : 16 May 2022

An intellectual portrait of the iconic 19th-century slave and abolitionist who took the lead in applying the Founders' doctrine of natural rights to the plight of African Americans. Reveals how Douglass's vision still guides contemporary liberalism.

• Author : Jon Sterngass
• Publisher : Infobase Learning
• Release : 16 May 2022

Chronicles the life and accomplishments of the famous abolitionist, detailing his birth into slavery and harsh upbringing, his subsequent escape, and his emergence as a leader.

• Author : Charles Chesnutt
• Publisher : Courier Corporation
• Release : 13 March 2013

Examines the life of one of the most influential promoters of the civil rights movement. Covers Douglass' early life in slavery, his power and charisma as a public speaker, much more.

• Author : Avery Elizabeth Hurt
• Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
• Release : 15 July 2019

This book introduces readers to the fascinating Frederick Douglass, a man born a slave. Douglass taught himself to read, then escaped from slavery to become one of the abolitionist movement's greatest leaders. In addition to telling the story of his life, this biography examines the evolution of his thought and his changing relationships with contemporaries such as William Lloyd Garrison and Abraham Lincoln. Featuring intriguing details about the period before, during, and just after the Civil War, this compelling and

• Author : Frederick Douglass
• Publisher : Cornell University Press
• Release : 15 April 2012

"No people are more talked about and no people seem more imperfectly understood. Those who see us every day seem not to know us."—Frederick Douglass on African Americans "There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution."—on civil rights "Woman should have justice as well as praise, and if she is to dispense with either, she can better afford to part

• Author : Jason Porterfield
• Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
• Release : 15 December 2017

Frederick Douglass was one of the most pivotal figures in the abolitionist movement leading up to the Civil War and the end of slavery in the United States. Today, the self-taught author, speaker, publisher, and activist is revered as a pioneering African American civil rights leader. This engaging book for young readers follows the major events in Douglass's life, from his birth in slavery and escape to his involvement in the abolitionist movement and post, Civil War activist causes. Readers

• Author : K.Carl Smith
• Publisher : AuthorHouse
• Release : 25 April 2011

Frederick Douglass is an iconic historical figure whose noble qualities are visible in the lives of four major Biblical characters: Like Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his brothers and later became second-in-command of Egypt. Douglass was born into slavery and served as an advisor to five US presidents. Like Moses, who liberated the Israelites from Egypt by confronting Pharaoh. Douglass fought to liberate blacks from slavery by agitating President Lincoln. Like Paul, who wrote the majority of the

• Author : Joan Stoltman
• Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
• Release : 15 December 2018

Frederick Douglass is a familiar name to many students, but the incredible impact he left on U.S. history is sometimes lost amid the other facts and faces in social studies textbooks. By focusing on his powerful story of slavery, freedom, and impassioned abolitionist beliefs, this engaging and educational text gives readers a deeper understanding of why the words he spoke and wrote still carry so much weight today. Fact-filled sidebars, detailed graphic organizers, and historical photographs complement the age-appropriate

• Author : Dickson J. Preston
• Publisher : JHU Press
• Release : 22 August 2018

At the time of Douglass’s death in 1895, one eulogist wrote that he was probably the best-known American throughout the world since Abraham Lincoln.

• Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 16 May 1969

Considers S. 835 and related H.R. 5968, to restore and include Cedar Hill, the Frederick Douglass Home, in the national capital park system in D.C.

• Author : Maurice S. Lee
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 11 June 2009

An engaging and informative overview of the life and works of Frederick Douglass.