Here's what Frederick Douglass said during a visit to Elmira, which drew people from everywhere within a hundred miles.

Last evening Mr. FREDERICK ... speech attacked him for his hardiness and vacillation. Without alluding especially to this speech, he defended himself against the charge of vacillation. "Mr ...

Douglass would continue to give speeches ... Civil War. Frederick Douglass would continue his active involvement to better the lives of African Americans. He conferred with Abraham Lincoln during ...

In 1894, at Washington’s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Frederick Douglass delivered the last great speech of his career, titled “The Lessons of the Hour.” “Strange ...

Today, we commemorate the life of Frederick ... was paid to give speeches around the country about the horrors of slavery and why it should be abolished. Slowly but surely, Douglass helped change ...

In 1894, at Washington’s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Frederick Douglass delivered the last great speech of his career, titled “The Lessons of the Hour.” ...