Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. This man began life as an illiterate slave -- nearly all slave owners prevented slaves from learning to read -- and rose from ...

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A natural orator, Douglass had to learn the hard way how to write well, but when he honed the art of combining the two, he became an unstoppable force. “With all of [Douglass’] writing, you’re reading ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1817 or 1818, realized as a young child that there must be something quite important about being able to read and write. ... reading skills in exchange for a ...

Becoming Frederick Douglass. Episode 1 | 54m 6s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the nation’s most influential leaders. Aired 10/11/2022 ...

The opera, written by composer Ulysses Kay with librettist Donald Dorr, depicts a very specific slice of Douglass’s life.

A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery examines how Frederick Douglass carefully crafted his image with speeches, writing and photographs.

Frederick Douglass is woven into the fabric of American history — and my dreams | Opinion Last year, the reason was clear. I was helping my niece with a history project.

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “On Reconstruction,” a project about America’s most radical experiment. In his third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, while ...

Kevin Douglass Greene holds a watch given by his great-great-grandfather Frederick Douglass to abolitionist John Brown. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Evans had never before appeared publicly as the descendant of ...

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If you read his autobiography, “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass,” you will experience English language writing that has few peers in any nonfiction writing in American history.