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Frederick Douglass (February 14, 1817 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia," Douglass was one of the most prominent figures of African American history during his time, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history.

Douglass' works

• A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845)
• "The Heroic Slave." Autographs for Freedom. Ed. Julia Griffiths Boston: Jewett and Company, 1853. 174-239.
• My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
• Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892)
• Douglass also edited the abolitionist newspaper The North Star from 1847 to 1851; The North Star was merged with another paper and became Frederick Douglass’ Paper.he has hair.

Famous quotes

"I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress."

"Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters."

"To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason."

"I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes - a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds, and a dark shelter under which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection."

"Without struggle, there is no progress."

Fictional appearance

• Frederick Douglass is a major character in the alternate history novel How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove.
• In the 2004 mockumentary C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, Douglass makes an appearance in the film after the Confederacy wins the Civil War.

• Is in a musical named The Civil War.

See also

• List of African-American abolitionists
• Slave narrative
• African American literature
• Self-Made Men (Frederick Douglass)
• The Columbian Orator

Notes

• Parts of this article are drawn from Houston A. Baker, Jr., introduction to the 1986 Penguin edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

References

1. His exact birthday was never recorded, but he selected February 14 to celebrate it.

Further reading

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• Foner, Philip Sheldon. The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass. New York: International Publishers, 1950.
• Huggins, Nathan Irvin, and Oscar Handlin. Slave and Citizen: The Life of Frederick Douglass. Library of American Biography. Boston: Little, Brown, 1980. ISBN 0-316-38000-8
• Lampe, Gregory P. Frederick Douglass: Freedom's Voice, 1818-1845. Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-87013-485-X (alk. paper) ISBN 0-87013-480-9 (pbk. alk. paper) (on his oratory)
• Levine, Robert S. Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8078-2323-6 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-8078-4633-3 (pbk.: alk. paper) (cultural history)
• McFeely, William S. Frederick Douglass. New York: Norton, 1991. ISBN 0-393-02823-2
• Quarles, Benjamin. Frederick Douglass. Washington: Associated Publishers, 1948.
• Wesley, Charles H., The History of Alpha Phi Alpha, A Development in College Life, Chicago, Foundation Publishers, 1981.

For Young Readers

• Miller, William. Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery. Illus. by Cedric Lucas. Lee & Low Books, 1995. ISBN 1-880000-42-3.
• Weidt, Maryann N. Voice of Freedom: a Story about Frederick Douglass. Illus. by Jeni Reeves. Lerner Publications, 2001. ISBN 1-57505-553-8.

Editions of Douglass' work

• Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism. 1845. Eds. William L Andrews and William S McFeely. A Norton critical edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1996. ISBN 0-393-96966-5 (pbk.)
• Douglass, Frederick. Autobiographies. Notes by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Library of America; 68. New York: Library of America, 1994. ISBN 0-940450-79-8 (alk. paper)
• Douglass, Frederick. Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings. Ed by Philip Sheldon Foner, and Yuval Taylor. The Library of Black America. 1st ed. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 1999. ISBN 1-55652-349-1 (cloth), ISBN 1-55652-352-1 (pbk.)

Documentary Films

• Frederick Douglass / produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. for A&E Network ; executive producers, Craig Haffner and Donna E. Lusitana.; 1997
• Frederick Douglass: when the lion wrote history / a co-production of ROJA Productions and WETA-TV ; produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell ; narration written by Steve Fayer.; c1994
• Frederick Douglass, abolitionist editor / a production of Schlessinger Video Productions, a division of Library Video Company ; produced and directed by Rhonda Fabian, Jerry Baber ; script, Amy A. Tiehel
• Race to freedom  : the story of the underground railroad / an Atlantis Films Limited production in association with United Image Entertainment; produced in association with the Family Channel (US), Black Entertainment Television and CTV Television Network, Ltd. ; produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada, Ontario Film Development Corporation and with the assistance of Rogers Telefund ; distributed by Xenon Pictures ; executive producers, Seaton McLean, Tim Reid ; co-executive producers, Peter Sussman, Anne Marie La Traverse ; supervising producer, Mary Kahn ; producers, Daphne Ballon, Brian Parker ; directed by Don McBrearty ; teleplay by Diana Braithwaite, Nancy Trites Botkin, Peter Mohan. Publisher Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Pictures, Inc., 2001. Tim Reid as Frederick Douglass.

External links

Douglass' works online

• Works by Frederick Douglass at Project Gutenberg
• Extensive summary, analysis, and important quotes from "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
• Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass at Project Gutenberg.
• Audio book of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass at FreeAudio.org.
• The Heroic Slave at the Documenting the American South website.
• My Bondage and My Freedom at Project Gutenberg.
• Collected Articles Of Frederick Douglass, A Slave (Project Gutenberg)
• Fourth of July Speech
• The Louverture Project: Frederick Douglass lecture on Haiti - Given at the World's Fair in Chicago, January 1893.

Biographical information

• Frederick Douglass (American Memory, Library of Congress) Includes timeline.
• Timeline of Frederick Douglass and family
• Frederick Douglas Timeline
• Read more about Frederick Douglass
• Frederick Douglass NHS - Douglass' Life
• Frederick Douglass NHS - Cedar Hill National Park Service site
• Frederick Douglass Western New York Suffragists
• Mr. Lincoln and Freedom: Frederick Douglass
• Mr. Lincoln's White House: Frederick Douglass

Memorials to Frederick Douglass

• Frederick Douglas National Historic Site - The Growlery, Views from Cedar Hill, Information Center
• Cultural Tourism DC - African American Heritage Trail
• Frederick Douglass Gardens at Cedar Hill Frederick Douglass Gardens development & maintenance organization
• The Frederick Douglass Prize A national book prize sponsored by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition

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