Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late ...

Frederick Douglass, born on a Maryland plantation 200 years ago this month, never knew on what February day because history-deprivation was inflicted to confirm slaves as non-persons. So, later in ...

Annual lectures will discuss work of writer and campaigner who ‘revitalised the anti-slavery cause’ in Britain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For two years in a row, during the month of February, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass. Last year, the reason was clear.

Frederick Douglass readings on Cape Cod are part of a larger movement across the state that highlights Douglass' legacy and messages of freedom.

American abolitionist, writer, orator, and social reformer Frederick Douglass was one of the most influential voices against slavery in the 19th century. He often spoke from a place of deep personal ...

Frederick Douglass continues to be an irresistible subject for biographers because all of the nation's difficult, miraculous, unresolved creation myths seem to collapse into the single story of his ...

“I’ve always wanted to transcribe historical documents,” said an excited Tina Finneran, as she pored over a transcription of the 1841 Supreme Court case United States v. The Amistad. Finneran, who is ...

For two years in a row, during the month of February, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass. Last year, the reason was clear. My family knows I love ― like, really love ― February, because it is ...