Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., the great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass is coming to Martha's Vineyard for a ...

Frederick Douglass’ childhood was marred with violence (Picture: The Folio Society) He was one of the most photographed people in America in the 19th century, who ended up becoming an advisor to ...

Baltimore National Heritage Area Urban Ranger Bradley Alston and author and Historian Edna Greene Medford talked about Frederick Douglass' experience working in the shipyards in Baltimore, MD and ...

From enslavement to freedom: Douglass’s early life American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s.

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: One-hundred-seventy-one Julys ago, the escaped slave-turned-orator-and-activist Frederick Douglass gave perhaps his most famous speech to a group of fellow abolitionists.

On Sept. 3, 1838, abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass made his dramatic escape from slavery — traveling north by train and boat — from Baltimore, through ...

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. ... He planned an escape. But early in April he was jailed after his plan was discovered. Two years later, ...

Douglass’ escape allowed him to challenge and fight against slavery’s existence until ... Frederick Douglass lived the last 17 years of his life in the Southeast D.C. home located at 1411 W ...

While the 4th of July marked the independence of some during the early stages of the country's history, many were excluded ...

Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, then threw weight behind the Republicans ...

"That house right there is where Frederick Douglass lived when he escaped from slavery," said New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, pointing at a white home near the corner of Seventh and Spring streets ...