Frederick Douglass

Written works by Frederick Douglass

TitlePublishedGenre
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave 1845 Autobiography
The Heroic Slave
Escape from slavery
My Bondage and My Freedom
Words of Ages
Standing with the slave
Address by Frederick Douglass, and poem by A.C. Hills, delivered at the erection of the Wing monument, at Mexico, Oswego Co. N.Y
The mind and heart of Frederick Douglass
The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass
A Black diplomat in Haiti
The Life and Times Of Frederick Douglass
Three African-American Classics
Douglass
Life & Times of Frederick Douglas
Men of color, to arms!
Autobiographies
The Life of an American Slave
New Forces in Old China
Three addresses on the relations subsisting between the white and colored people of the United States
The claims of the Negro, ethnologically considered
Collected Articles Of Frederick Douglass
The Education of Frederick Douglass
Negroes and the national war effort
Frederick Douglass
The race problem
Why Is the Negro Lynched
Abolition fanaticism in New York
U.S. Grant and the colored people
The life and times of Frederick Douglass
Thoughts for all time
Why I Became A Woman's Rights Man
The Oxford Frederick Douglass reader
Two Slave Rebellions at Sea
Vida de Un Esclavo Americano
A Chinese Girl Graduate
From slave to statesman
The narrative and selected writings
The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series 1, Vol. 1: 1841-46 1979
The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series 2, Vol. 1: Narrative 1999
In the Words of Frederick Douglass: Quotations from Liberty's Champion 2011
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Frederick Douglass quotes

  • Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

    - Frederick Douglass
  • 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.

    - Frederick Douglass
  • Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

    - Frederick Douglass
  • I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored mans political hopes and the ark of his safety.

    - Frederick Douglass
  • A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

    - Frederick Douglass

Places Frederick Douglass has lived

Map showing Places Lived by Frederick Douglass
MarkerLocationPopulation
A Rochester 210,855
B Baltimore 619,493
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Books about Frederick Douglass

Personal relationships of Frederick Douglass

  • Helen Pitts Douglass
    Helen Pitts Douglass
    Married 10 years
  • Anna Murray-Douglass
    Anna Murray-Douglass
    Married 43 years
Significant OtherRelationshipDate StartedDate EndedDuration
Helen Pitts Douglass Marriage 1884 1895 10 years
Anna Murray-Douglass Marriage 1838 1882 43 years
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Where was Frederick Douglass born?
  • A:
    Frederick Douglass was born in Talbot County.
  • Q:
    What was the cause of Frederick Douglass' death?
  • A:
    He died from a myocardial infarction.
  • Q:
    What was Frederick Douglass' ethnicity?
  • A:
    Frederick Douglass was of African American descent.
  • Q:
    What is Frederick Douglass quoted as saying?
  • A:
    One famous quote is, "For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced."
  • Q:
    Which popular book titles have been composed by writer, Frederick Douglass?
  • A:
    Popular titles include -
    - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
  • Q:
    In what line of work did Frederick Douglass specialize?
  • A:
    Frederick Douglass was an accomplished writer and publisher.
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