And Douglass did so, it is worth noting, by championing the same founding principles that he celebrated in his Fourth of July ...

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.

Frederick Douglass David W. Blight By the 1890s Douglass, aging and in ill health but still out on the lecture circuit, felt hard-pressed to sustain hope for the transformations at the heart of ...

Frederick Douglass continues to be an irresistible subject for biographers because all of the nation's difficult, miraculous, unresolved creation myths seem to collapse into the single story of ...

The world may never know whether President Trump just got a little sloppy with his verb tenses on Wednesday morning or simply had no idea that the famous black abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ...

Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he escaped from slavery in Talbot County, Md., Douglass eventually settled ...

Opinion: On Juneteenth, consider what made Frederick Douglass great. June 18, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. by GianCarlo Canaparo / Tribune Content Agency ...

Worcester honors its unique connection with abolitionist Frederick Douglass 03:40. WORCESTER - Worcester plans to honor the significant role that Frederick Douglass played as a speaker in the city ...

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.

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 ...