This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States. The personal account of a fugitive slave's privation and sufferings and his campaigns for Negro emancipation. This dramatic autobiography of the...

Presents a brief look at the life of the nineteenth-century man who became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement after escaping slavery himself.

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement of the early 19th century.

A documentary profile of Frederick Douglass. Discusses the contributions of Frederick Douglass, a former slave, to the Negro movement and to the American government in his roles as secretary of the Santo Domingo Commission, Marshall and Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, and as United States Minister to Haiti. Shows Douglass' pre-Civil War activities--addressing abolitionist meetings, expounding his views on slavery and slaveholders, and...

A tale spanning 150 years and two continents reimagines the peace efforts of democracy champion Frederick Douglass, Senator George Mitchell and World War I airmen John Alcock and Teddy Brown through the experiences of four generations of women from a matriarchal clan. Newfoundland, 1919. Two aviators, Jack Alcock and Arthur Brown, set course for Ireland as they attempt the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, placing their trust in a modified...

Perhaps the most powerful and influential black American of his time, Frederick Douglass, cmbodied the tumultuous social changes that transfored the united States during the nineteenth century. In a career of unprecedented breadth, Douglass rose from the oppression of his slave's birth to fame for Abolitionist.

The story of Frederick Douglass, escaped slave and abolitionist orator.