Anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass first delivered this speech on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York. It was part of ...

On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm – Psalm 137 – best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of Babylon,” a centerpiece ...

Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

On Saturday, many people gathered outside Historic Northampton to take turns reading a passage of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech, ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in ...

Frederick Douglass asked a burning question in front of hundreds of abolitionists in Rochester, New York: "What to the Slave ...

Frederick Douglass is woven into the fabric of American history — and my dreams | Opinion Last year, the reason was clear. I was helping my niece with a history project. But his image lingers in ...

On July 5th, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Frederick Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to the Slave Is Your Fourth of July?” He was addressing the Rochester Ladies’ Anti ...

Frederick Douglass’ iconic speech on slavery and the Declaration of Independence returns to Boston Common About 40 people gather at the base of the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial on ...

Born into slavery, abolitionist Frederick Douglass didn’t have a single day of formal education in his life and yet became one of the greatest orators in history, explained historian David W. Blight ...

“Lessons of the Hour — Frederick Douglass” re-creates the abolitionist’s rhetoric and life across five screens.

Because Douglass was primarily a political and constitutional actor that never wrote a treatise of jurisprudence, his understanding of constitutionalism must be gleaned from his many speeches and ...