an American Slave," Frederick Douglass provided fuel for the abolitionist movement. In 1854, the civil rights leader delivered the commencement address at Western Reserve College. Titled “The Claims ...

within the Garrisonian movement in particular, the role of the black speaker or the black writer or the black abolitionist was, in some ways, prescribed, as the famous case of Frederick Douglass ...

Born into slavery on Maryland's extern shore in 1818, Frederick ... Douglass questioned Garrison’s philosophies -- particularly his commitment to nonviolence and his insistence that ...

Kenneth B. Morris Jr.’s family treasures have always been American treasures. Morris, 62, is the great-great-great-grandson of abolitionist and orator, Frederick Douglass, and great-great-grandson of ...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave Written by Himself. Ms. Davis explored the abolitionist's intellectual life and recalled the several other editions of Douglass' memoir.

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

The abolitionist movement teaches us the power of speaking ... A statue of anti-slavery activist, Frederick Douglass will be built in Belfast city centre in the not-so-distant future.

Over its 45 year history, the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble’s Theatre in the Classroom shows have covered a wide variety of topics including inventors and their inventions, ancient myths, space travel, ...