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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The power of Douglass’s words is so resonant that even now the 1852 speech gets recited in public settings, which is what will happen in 16 New Hampshire locations at noon on Saturday, June 28.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.