Category: Frederick Douglass
The Origin of the “Color Line” Authorizing Racial Discrimination Was in Slavery-Frederick Douglass 1881
Frederick Douglass wrote about the origin of the “Color Line” that separated the races and legislated inequality in 1881. The Color Line was not a…
Collection of Frederick Douglass Newspapers from Abolition to Reconstruction Now Available Online.
The Library of Congress announced today that it has made available over 500 issues of rare newspapers published by Frederick Douglas during both the pre-Civil…
David Blight Writes About Frederick Douglass’s Dream of a Pluralist Utopia
Pulitizer Prize winning historian David Blight writes in this month’s Atlantic Magazine about the post-Civil War vision of Frederick Douglass. According to Blight, Douglass had…
Savannah Is Hosting Fans of Frederick Douglass With Art and History Exhibits
The New York Times has an article on why Savannah has become a pilgrimage site for those interested in Frederick Douglass, a man who never…
“Dear Harriet…Your Friend Frederick Douglass” A Letter to Harriet Tubman 1868
In 1868, friends of Harriet Tubman raised money to aid the former slave in keeping her home in Auburn, N.Y. Frederick Douglass, who lived in…
Frederick Douglass Tells Women’s Convention that Republicans Should Not Drop “Manhood Suffrage” Nov. 1868
On November 19, 1868 Frederick Douglass addressed the New England Women’s Rights Convention in Boston. Douglass had attended the the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in…
Book Review: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight published by Simon & Schuster 913 pages (2018) $37.50 Hardcover $14.99 Kindle ​ David Blight has…
When a Ban on Chinese Immigration Was Proposed in 1867 Frederick Douglass Stood Up in Opposition
Americans’ fear of non-white, non-Christian immigrants began in 1848 with the arrival of the first ship full of Chinese in San Francisco Bay. The Chinese…
Podcast Reenactment of Frederick Douglass “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” With David Blight
Here is a neat podcast re-enactment of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech “What to the Slave is the 4th of July” delivered in Rochester, NY in…
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