Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York.

Contents:

Memoirs:

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

My Bondage and My Freedom

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Writings & Speeches:

The Heroic Slave

My Escape from Slavery

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Self-Made Men

The Church and Prejudice

The Color Line

The Future of the Colored Race

Abolition Fanaticism in New York

An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage

Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln

Reconstruction

John Brown: An Address at the 14th Anniversary of Storer College

The Claims of Our Common Cause

The End of All Compromises with Slavery – Now and Forever

The Kansas-Nebraska Bill

The Dred Scott Decision

Farewell Speech to the British People

Comments on Gerrit Smith's Address

Change of Opinion Announced

Colonization

Henry Clay and Slavery

The Free Negro's Place Is In America

Horace Greeley and Colonization

The Fugitive Slave Law,

The Revolution of 1848

West India Emancipation

The Chicago Nomination

The Late Election

The Union and How to Save It

Sudden Revolution in Northern Sentiment

How to End the War

Cast off the Millstone

The Reasons for Our Troubles

The War and How to End It

What shall be Done with the Slaves if Emancipated

The President and His Speeches

Emancipation Proclaimed

Men of Color, To Arms!

Why Should a Colored Man Enlist?

Our Work Is Not Done

The Work of the Future

What the Black Man Wants

Give Us the Freedom Intended for Us

A Call to Work

The Word White

The Hypocrisy of American Slavery

Introduction to "The Reason Why"

Reply of the Colored Delegation to the President

Letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe

Letter to Miss Wells