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Jul 4, 2024 · When Douglass delivered his famous “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” address before an audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852, he was issuing “a...
Jul 4, 2024 · In his journey from enslaved young man to internationally renowned activist, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) has been a source of inspiration and hope for millions. His brilliant words and brave actions continue to shape the ways that we think about race, democracy, and the meaning of freedom.
Jul 19, 2024 · Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave, a leader of the anti-slavery movement in the North, editor of the abolitionist newspaper The North Star and, after the Civil War, a diplomat for the U.S. government.
Jul 5, 2024 · Frederick Douglass. During the last three decades of legal slavery in America, from the early 1830s to the end of the Civil War in 1865, African American writers perfected one of the nation’s first truly indigenous genres of written literature: the North American slave narrative.
Jul 4, 2024 · In the fourth installment of our “Full Bio” series, we look at Frederick Douglass’s family and friendships.
Jul 2, 2024 · Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became one of America's greatest orators, believed that the First Amendment rights to free speech and assembly were essential in abolishing slavery in the United States.
Jul 8, 2024 · Published in 1845, this pre-eminent American slave narrative powerfully details the life of the internationally famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838—how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read ...
