Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time ...

In an inspired choice to write a short biography of this fierce defender ... His 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is, as Sandefur says, a classic of American autobiography.

The Maryland National Guard has declined to participate in a parade to honor the life and legacy of abolitionist and Maryland native Frederick Douglass in his birthplace, citing recent Trump ...

The 1875 town house where civil rights pioneer Frederick Douglass married his second wife, Helen Pitts, in 1884 has found a buyer just days after hitting the market at $1.8 million, according to a ...

From escaped slave to worldwide advocate of abolition and social justice, Frederick Douglass's larger-than-life presence spanned the 19th century. As a young man, Douglass fled his Maryland ...