He planned an escape. But early in April he was ... Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself. The year was 1845. Three years later, after a speaking ...

He eluded slave hunters by changing his name to Douglass ... train station where he made his escape to freedom. Angela Davis presented a critical edition of Frederick Douglass' memoir, Narrative ...

He recognized that he had put his faith in men and institutions over the higher power of destiny. What Douglass, a devout man, believed was the hand of god. He was a genius and a moral giant in 1857 ...

Douglass himself escaped from slavery in 1838. A plaque honoring Frederick Douglass, for his role as a pioneering journalist, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 26, 2007. (Photo ...

Frederick Douglass, born on a Maryland plantation 200 years ago this month, never knew on what February day because history-deprivation was inflicted to confirm slaves as non-persons. So ...

“I’m not saying Trump said ‘no’ to the Frederick Douglass ... of his pen caused it.” Douglass, who was born into slavery, ...

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he ...

Douglass made history as the first black member of the congressional press galleries in 1871 as he reported for primarily black audiences on the Reconstruction Era.