Here's what Frederick Douglass said during a visit to Elmira, which drew people from everywhere within a hundred miles.

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium ... Douglass overcame his nervousness and gave a stirring, eloquent speech about his life as a slave. Douglass would continue to give speeches for the ...

Last evening Mr. FREDERICK DOUGLASS addressed a very large and brilliant ... I had previously in a speech attacked him for his hardiness and vacillation. Without alluding especially to this ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - This Saturday, after the Fourth of July, church members and community leaders will gather in Montgomery to read the famous Frederick Douglass speech. The address titled ...

In 1894, at Washington’s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Frederick Douglass delivered the last great speech of his career, titled “The Lessons of the Hour.” “Strange ...

Consider visiting some of these sites to mark Black History Month or keep them in mind to travel to when the weather is ...

Born enslaved in 1818, by the time of the Civil War Frederick Douglass was famous around the United States and Europe for his work in the abolition movement. So how did this famous orator learn his ...

Maybe it’s because we’ve all internalized Frederick Douglass’ speech and find it still depressingly relevant. More likely, it’s because while we love the time off work, we have no interest ...