Explore the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, a leader in abolition whose words and actions shaped the fight for justice ...

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium ... a resolution that he would be free by the end of the year. He planned an escape. But early in April he was jailed after his plan was discovered.

President Trump recently described Frederick Douglass as "an example of somebody ... literary witness to the inhumane institution he had escaped, he made sure to document his life in not one ...

Aleks Phillips is a Newsweek U.S. News Reporter based in London. His focus is on U.S. politics and the environment. He has covered climate change extensively, as well as healthcare and crime.

Douglass became a field hand ... site of the train station where he made his escape to freedom. Angela Davis presented a critical edition of Frederick Douglass' memoir, Narrative of the Life ...