Frederick Douglass
Resources 

 

Frederick Douglass – General Sites

• Frederick Douglass Heritage
• Frederick Douglass Virtual Museum
• The Frederick Douglass Project
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Frederick Douglass Biography, Timeline, Chronology, …

• American National Biography: Frederick Douglass
• Frederick Douglass timeline from Digital History
• Frederick Douglass & Family timeline

Text of Frederick Douglass Speeches, Letters, Quotes, etc.

• Frederick Douglass Papers at Library of Congress
• Wikiquotes: Frederick Douglass
• more Frederick Douglass quotes
• Frederick Douglass’ speech: “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery”
• Frederick Douglass’ speech: “What to the slave is the 4th of July?”
• Collected speeches of Frederick Douglass
• Another collection of Frederick Douglass speeches
• Frederick Douglass Papers

Frederick Douglass – Audio Excerpts

• “If there is no struggle, there is no progress” – Frederick Douglass mp3 clip
• “What to the slave is the 4th of July?” – Frederick DOuglass mp3 clip

Articles on Frederick Douglass

• links to New York Times articles on Frederick Douglass
• Frederick Douglass articles from the Oxford African American Studies Center
• Frederick Douglass: a mighty voice for freedom
• Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass

 

Frederick Douglass Lesson Plans

• Great collection of lesson plans from University of Rochester 
• Frederick Douglass lesson plans from NEH
• Frederick Douglass: Activist and Autobiographer
• Analyzing “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” 
• Forward March: Continuing Frederick Douglass’ Footsteps
• The Ongoing Struggle for Freedom: Frederick Douglass Video Lesson Plan
• Close Reading: Frederick Douglass
• Songs of Slavery
• free Frederick Douglass Coloring Book
• Worksheets: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 
• Underground Railroad: Junior Ranger Activity Book
• free printables at Frederick Douglass for Kids
• Resistance and Self-Determination lesson plan

Frederick Douglass Books & Essays

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, 1845
• My Bondage and My Freedom,1855
• Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, 1881
• The Heroic Slave, 1852
• Collected Essays of Frederick Douglas

 

Frederick Douglass Films

• Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History
• Frederick Douglass: The House on Cedar Hill
• Frederick Douglass: An American Life
• The Spirit of Frederick Douglass