In mid-19th-century America, when public speaking was a form of mass entertainment, Frederick ... But he gave another speech that deserves wider recognition because Douglass spoke with uncanny ...

The town is actively seeking readers to participate in the “Reading Frederick Douglass Together” event on July 2 from 5-7 p.m ...

Frederick Douglass needed to see Lincoln. Would the president meet with a former enslaved person? “He said in his speeches this is a golden opportunity to destroy slavery and remake the United ...

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 ...

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...

It was on July 5, 1852, that Frederick Douglass addressed the Ladies’ Antislavery Society in Rochester, N.Y., and delivered what is often described as the greatest abolitionist speech in US history.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The other speech was by Lincoln’s friend and ally Frederick Douglass, the orator and writer who had escaped from slavery. Douglass ...

Frederick Douglass spoke these words in his Elmira speech on Aug. 3 ... persons and the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, merged in one grand day of enjoyment and commemoration.” ...

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln held a forum to consider a potential ... not strangers of this land," says Quentin Earl Darrington as Frederick Douglass in a scene. He then leads a chorus of Black ...

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln held a forum to consider a potential ... not strangers of this land,” says Quentin Earl Darrington as Frederick Douglass in a scene. He then leads a chorus of Black ...