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Portrait of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

1818-1895

From bondage to the nation's conscience.

  • Civil Rights
  • History
  • Politics
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  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845)

    Book · 1845

    Public domain

  • What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852)

    Speech · 1852

    Public domain

  • My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)

    Book · 1855

    Public domain

  • Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892)

    Book · 1892

    Public domain

  • Abolitionism in the United States — Wikipedia

    article · 2024

    Licensed

  • Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia

    article · 2024

    Licensed

  • Great Men — Emerson Essays

    article · 2024

    Public domain