Frederick Douglass

Biography

A self‐​taught escaped slave, statesman, and leader of the American Abolitionist Movement, Frederick Douglass is best known for his speeches and auto‐​biographies, in which he stressed the universal equality of all humans.

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Frederick Douglass
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

In this excerpt from a July 4th speech in 1852, Frederick Douglass highlights the contradiction of a country founded on liberty and yet supportive of slavery.

You Are a Man And So Am I
Frederick Douglass
You Are a Man And So Am I

Frederick Douglass argues that slavery “destroys the central principle of human responsibility” and violates the Constitution in three short essays.

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Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
Frederick Douglass and Caleb O. Brown