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Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Famous People From Maryland Frederick Douglass
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Famous People from Maryland - Frederick Douglass."
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Frederick Douglass
This site from The History Place provides a brief biography of Douglass and the text to his famous Fourth of July speech. The information is medium in length and worth checking out on the subject.
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Frederick Douglass
The Literature Network provides the text to two of Frederick Douglass's (1818-1895 CE) non-fictional works, along with the text to three of his essays.
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Iu School of Liberal Arts: The Frederick Douglass Papers
A comprehensive site with information on Douglass' life, genealogy, and copies of many of his papers.
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Iu School of Liberal Arts: The Frederick Douglass Papers
A comprehensive site with information on Douglass' life, genealogy, and copies of many of his papers.
Digital History
Digital History: Three Responses to Slavery [Pdf]
This site looks at how slaves Josiah Henson, Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth each responded to slavery in unique ways. Read their own words.
Digital History
Digital History: Methods of Controlling Slaves [Pdf]
Slave masters felt that controlling slaves was a necessity. Read about three ways slaves were controlled in the slavery system, and read an account by Frederick Douglass about how his master, in particular, kept his slaves in line. [pdf]
Library of Congress
Loc: The Champions of Human Liberty
Frederick Douglass gave as speech praising John Brown and his raid on Harper's Ferry. He viewed Brown as a real hero of the abolitionist cause. Read his speech or listen to an excerpt.
This Nation
This nation.com: A Plea for Free Speech in Boston
This site from the Douglass Archive provides the text of Frederick Douglass's speech "A Plea for Free Speech in Boston."
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Frederick Douglass
Douglass was an abolitionist, editor, speaker, and reformed. He is also known as "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia."
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Black Troops in Union Blue
Activity on African American troops in the Union Army. Students read article for background information, answer questions, then analyze and write about the controversies in a piece to be published in a mock Frederick Douglass's Paper.
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage
Full text of Frederick Douglass's "An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage," originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, January 1867.
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Perspectives: Pamphlets From Daniel a.p. Murray Collection
The Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, with the...
Milwaukee College Prep
African American History: North and South, Slave and Free
An overview of the status and experiences of African Americans in the mid-1800s, both free and enslaved. Includes references to Frederick Douglass and his efforts to enlighten people about the discrimination and prejudice faced by...
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Khalig Bredt Nathan
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show ethos or pathos in blue, metaphor in red, and antithesis in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Whipping of Aunt Hester
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show catalogue in blue, pathos in red, and metaphor in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Gideon and Nathan
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show pathos in blue, metaphor in red, and catalogue in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Chapter 3 Rick and Dono
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show pathos in blue, catalogue in red, and chiasmus in green.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Seneca Falls Convention
Short essay on the Seneca Falls Convention, illustrated with portraits of four key drivers behind the convention: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony.
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Publications of Frederick Douglass
See documents and pictures of those actively involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the Library of Congress.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Frederick Douglass
(1818-1895) African American abolitionist who was the first African American leader of national stature in the United States
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: African American Odyssey
The Library of Congress' Digital Library presents an outstanding lesson that links to collections about the quest for full citizenship, Frederick Douglass papers, slave narratives, and more.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center: African American Resources
A collection of primary source materials on African American history. Much of it is about slavery and racism. There are many slave narratives here, letters, essays, and biographical materials, and some of the names are well known ones,...
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