Frederick Douglass was 6 years ... Escaping to freedom at age 20, Douglass soon established himself in the antislavery movement as a fearless enemy of the slave owner. In his lectures he spoke ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick ... of Douglass as a young man. The statue and park is part of a movement ...

The Great Abolitionist” by Stephen Puleo is a richly sourced, informative and eminently readable biography of 19th century ...

The National Black Doll Museum and Norton Public Library will be among participants across the state hosting a community ...

Kenneth B. Morris Jr.’s family treasures have always been American treasures. Morris, 62, is the great-great-great-grandson ...

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, ...