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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)


 
 
Frederick Douglass as a young man
 
 

Frederick Douglass as an older man

American Literature Sites

Selected Bibliography on African American Literature 
Slave Narratives
Selected Bibliography on Frederick Douglass
Brief Lecture Notes on Douglass's Narrative

American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass.  This site is rich in pictures and provides a good overview of Douglass's place in American culture. New URL
Frederick Douglass Biography Page
Biographical sketch and photographs at the Africans in America site 
Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center
Douglass and African American soldiers in the Civil War
Photograph of the young Frederick Douglass
Photograph of the cover of Narrative of the Life . . . 
"A Portrait of Frederick Douglass" by Alan Rice describes Douglass's time in England. 

Pictures courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery
Works Available Online

Narrative of the Life of an American Slave (1845) (UNC)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (UC Berkeley)
My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) New URL
"A Plea for Free Speech in Boston" (1860)
"An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage" (Atlantic Monthly, January 1867; at MOA)
"My Escape from Slavery" (Century Magazine, November 1881; page images at MOA )
The Negro Exodus from the Gulf States . Illustrations. 
Reconstruction (Atlantic 1866)  (Page images at MOA)
The Future of the Colored Race (May 1886) (Page images at MOA)
"The Color Line" (May 1881)  (Page images at MOA)
"One Destiny" (American Missionary, September 1883)
"Haiti and the United States" (Part I) (North American Review, 1891)
"
Haiti and the United States" (Part II)
"Lynch Law in the South" (North American Review, 1892)
from "The Future of the Negro" (North American Review, 1884)



Comments to D. Campbell.