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The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain
a wide variety of material associated with Frederick Douglass,
including manuscripts, photographs, and books.
This guide compiles links to digital materials related
to Frederick Douglass that are available throughout the Library
of Congress Web site. In addition, it provides links to external
Web sites focusing on Douglass and a bibliography containing
selections for both general and younger readers.
Library of Congress Web Site | External
Web Sites | Selected Bibliography
American Memory Historical Collections
The
Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
presents the papers of the nineteenth-century African-American
abolitionist who escaped from slavery and then risked his
own freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer,
writer, and publisher. The special presentations for the
collection include a Timeline,
Douglass
in His Own Words, and a Family
Tree.
A selection of highlights from this collection includes:
Search
by keywords or browse
by series and dates to find additional documents in Douglass's
papers.
Abraham
Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of
Congress consist of approximately 20,000 documents which
include incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures,
drafts of speeches, notes, and printed material. Search
the bibliographic records on Frederick Douglass to locate
items including Frederick
Douglass to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, August 29, 1864
(Plan for helping slaves escape from rebel states) - Transcription.
The
African-American Experience in Ohio: Selections from the Ohio
Historical Society
This selection of manuscript and printed text and images
illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920,
a story of slavery and freedom, segregation and integration,
religion and politics, migrations and restrictions, harmony
and discord, and struggles and successes. Search
the bibliographic records on Frederick Douglass to locate
more than fifty items pertaining to Douglass.
African
American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray
Collection, 1818-1907
The collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review
of African-American history and culture, spanning almost
one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the
early twentieth centuries, with the bulk of the material
published between 1875 and 1900. Among the authors represented
are Frederick
Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett,
Benjamin W. Arnett, Alexander Crummell, and Emanuel Love.
- Oration
by Frederick Douglass, Delivered on the Occasion of the
Unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Memory of Abraham
Lincoln, in Lincoln Park, Washington, D. C., April 14th,
1876. With an appendix.
- The
Race Problem: Great Speech of Frederick Douglass, Delivered
Before the Bethel Literary and Historical Association,
in the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C., October
21, 1890.
An American
Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed
Ephemera
The collection is a rich repository of Americana. In total,
the collection comprises 28,000 primary source items dating
from the seventeenth century to the present and encompassing
key events and eras in American history. Search
the full-text option to locate items related to Frederick
Douglass, including Civil
Rights Bill and West Point Academy. Letter from Gerrit Smith
to Frederick Douglass. Peterboro, June 27th, 1874.
Built
in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American
Engineering Record, 1933-Present
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections
document achievements in architecture, engineering, and
design in the United States through a comprehensive range
of building types and engineering technologies.
The
Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake
Bay Region, 1600-1925
The collection comprises 139 books on Washington, D.C.
and the Chesapeake Bay region including first-person narratives,
early histories, historical biographies, promotional brochures,
and books of photographs that capture in words and pictures
a distinctive region as it developed between the onset of
European settlement and the first quarter of the twentieth
century. Browse the author
index to locate two items for Frederick
Douglass.
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional
Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
The records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional
Convention, and the United States Congress comprise a rich
documentary history of the construction of the nation, the
development of the federal government, and its role in national
life. Search
all titles on Frederick Douglass to locate six items.
The
Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925
This compilation of printed texts traces how Southern
African Americans experienced and transformed Protestant
Christianity into the central institution of community life.
From
Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection,
1824-1909
The collection consists of 397 pamphlets, published from
1824 through 1909, by African-American authors and others
who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation,
Reconstruction, and related topics. Browse
the author index to locate four items for Frederick
Douglass.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Books
The books in this collection are nineteenth century American
imprints, dating mainly from between 1850 and 1880. The
collection includes My
Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
This collection comprises periodicals published in the
United States during the nineteenth century, primarily during
the second half of the century. Search
the bibliographic records and the full
text option on Frederick Douglass to locate items pertaining
to Douglass
Votes
for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage
Association Collection, 1848-1921
The NAWSA Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets
and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. Search
the full-text option to find items that mention Frederick
Douglass.
"We'll
Sing to Abe Our Song!": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation,
and the Civil War from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection
of Lincolniana
The collection includes more than two hundred sheet-music
compositions that represent Lincoln and the Civil War as
reflected in popular music. It spans the years from Lincoln's
presidential campaign in 1859 through the centenary of Lincoln's
birth in 1909. The collection includes the Frederick
Douglass Funeral March by N. Clark Smithe.
Words
and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating
the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years
Included are the papers of presidents, cabinet ministers,
members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, military officers
and diplomats, reformers and political activists, artists
and writers, scientists and inventors, and other prominent
Americans whose lives reflect our country's evolution.
Jump Back in Time
Frederick
Douglass' Delivered Speech on Haiti at the World's Fair,
January 2, 1893
Meet Amazing Americans
Frederick
Douglass
Designed for elementary and middle-school students,
America's Library provides a variety of stories about
Frederick Douglass, including Douglass's
Escape from Slavery, Frederick
Douglass--Abolitionist Leader, and Douglass's
Role in the Civil War.
The
African-American Mosaic: African-American Culture and History
This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American
Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study
of Black History and Culture. Covering the nearly
500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere,
the exhibit surveys the full range and variety of the
Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints,
photographs, music, film, and recorded sound. The prominent
Abolitionists section mentions Frederick Douglass
and the North
Star, the newspaper that he published.
African-American
Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
This exhibition showcases the incomparable African-American
collections of the Library of Congress. It displays more
than 240 items, including books, government documents,
manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.
Examples of materials by Frederick Douglass include:
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress
American Treasures of the Library of Congress is an unprecedented
exhibition of the rarest, most interesting or significant
items relating to America's past, drawn from every corner
of the world's largest library. The exhibition includes
the
North Star.
John
Bull and Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations
A joint project of the Library of Congress and the British
Library, the John Bull and Uncle Sam exhibition brings
together for the first time treasures from the two greatest
libraries in the English-speaking world. The exhibit is
an exploration of selected time periods and cultural movements
that provide unique insights into the relationship of
the United States and Great Britain. The From
Abolition to Equal Rights section is a Draft
Copy of Farewell Address Given upon Leaving England
by Frederick Douglass.
Features and Activities
From
Slavery to Civil Rights: A Timeline of African-American
History
Use this interactive time line-based activity to introduce
the topic of African-American history through primary
sources. The abolition
section includes the Lecture
on John Brown by Frederick Douglass.
Immigration
This feature presentation introduces teachers and students
to the topic of immigration. Frederick Douglass is mentioned
in the Resistance
and Abolition section of the presentation.
Lesson Plans
To
Kill a Mockingbird: A Historical Perspective
Students gain a sense of the living history that surrounds
the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Through studying
primary source materials from American
Memory and other online resources, students of all
backgrounds may better grasp how historical events and
human forces have shaped relationships between black and
white and rich and poor cultures of our country.
Two
Unreconciled Strivings
Students examine the tension experienced by African Americans
as they struggled to establish a vibrant and meaningful
identity based on the promises of liberty and equality
in the midst of a society that was ambivalent towards
them and sought to impose an inferior definition upon
them.
Manuscript
Division Finding Aids Online
Access the finding aid for the papers of Frederick
Douglass and the Frederick
Douglass Memorial and Historical Association in the
Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Search PPOC using the subject heading Douglass,
Frederick,--1818-1895 to find digital images related
to Douglass. Search
in PPOC on Frederick Douglass to locate additional images.
African-American
History Month Portal
In celebration of African-American History Month, the
Library developed this Web site highlighting the many
resources on African-American history and culture available
from our extensive online collections.
Web Guides produced by the Digital Reference Section
of the Library of Congress
African-American
Sites in the Digital Collections
This guide highlights contributions by African Americans
to the arts, education, industry, literature, politics,
and much more as represented in the vast online collections
of the Library. Frederick Douglass is included in the
Civil
War and Reconstruction Era section.
Slavery
Resource Guide
This guide provides links to resources for slavery and
a bibliography containing selected works for both general
and younger readers.
Africans
in America: America's Journey through Slavery, from PBS
The Africans in America Web site is a companion to Africans
in America, a six-hour public television series. The site
examines the economic and intellectual foundations of slavery
in America and the global economy that prospered from it.
The site includes a brief biography of Frederick
Douglass, a photograph
of Douglass, and the historical document "The
Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro."
American
Visionaries; Frederick Douglass, Online Exhibit, from the
National Park Service
The exhibit features items owned by Frederick Douglass
and highlights his achievements. The items are in the museum
and archival collections at the Frederick
Douglass National Historic Site at Cedar Hill, Southeast
Washington, DC.
Documenting
the American South, from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital
publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts,
images, and audio files related to southern history, literature,
and culture. Currently DocSouth includes twelve thematic
collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters,
oral history interviews, and songs. The collection includes
several titles
by Frederick Douglass including, the Narrative
of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
Frederick Douglass National
Historic Site, from the National Park Service
The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site is dedicated
to preserving the legacy of this famous African American.
Blassingame, John W., et al., eds. The Frederick Douglass
Papers. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
LC Call Number: E449 .D734 1999 [Catalog
Record]
Foner, Philip S., ed. Frederick Douglass on Slavery and
the Civil War: Selections from His Writings. Mineola,
NY: Dover, 2003.
LC Call Number: E449 .D737 2003 [Catalog
Record]
----. Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings.
Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 1999.
LC Call Number: E449 .D7345 1999 [Catalog
Record]
Gilder Lehrman Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library). Admiration
& Ambivalence: Frederick Douglass and John Brown: A Manuscript
from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. New York: Gilder
Lehrman Institute of American History, 2005.
LC Call Number: E449 .D7315 2005 [Catalog
Record]
Gomes, Peter J. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass:
An American Slave. New York: Signet Classics, 2005.
LC Call Number: E449 .D749 2005 [Catalog
Record]
Logan, Rayford W. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass:
His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His
Complete History. Mineola, NY: Dover, 2003.
LC Call Number: E449 .D7382 2003 [Catalog
Record]
Seno, William J., ed. Standing with the Slave: Excerpts
from Memoirs, Speeches, and Articles. Madison, WI: Round
River, 1998.
LC Call Number: E449 .D7494 1998 [Catalog
Record]
Wright, John S. My Bondage and My Freedom. New York:
Washington Square, 2003.
LC Call Number: E449 .D738 2003d [Catalog
Record]
McKivigan, John R., ed. Frederick Douglass. San
Diego: Greenhaven, 2004.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 F736 2004 [Catalog
Record]
Oakes, James. The Radical and the Republican: Frederick
Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery
Politics. New York: W. W. Norton, 2007.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 O15 2007 [Catalog
Record]
Phillips, Rachael. Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist and
Reformer. Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour, 2000.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 P57 2000b [Catalog
Record]
Russell, Sharman Apt. Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist
Editor. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2005.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 R875 2004 [Catalog
Record]
Wu, Jin-Ping. Frederick Douglass and the Black Liberation
Movement: The North Star of American Blacks. New York:
Garland, 2000.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 W85 2000 [Catalog
Record]
Fleming, Alice Mulcahey. Frederick Douglass: From Slave
to Statesman. New York: PowerPlus Books, 2004.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 F57 2004 [Catalog
Record]
Haugen, Brenda. Frederick Douglass: Slave, Writer, Abolitionist.
Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2005.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 H38 2005 [Catalog
Record]
McKissack, Pat. Frederick Douglass: Leader Against Slavery.
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2002.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 M378 2001 [Catalog
Record]
Myers, Elisabeth P. Frederick Douglass: Young Defender
of Human Rights. Carmel, IN: Patria, 2007.
LC Call Number: E449.D768 M94 2007 [Catalog
Record]
Ruffin, Frances E. Frederick Douglass: A Powerful Voice
for Freedom. New York: Sterling, 2008.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 R84 2008 [Catalog
Record]
Wilson, Camilla. Frederick Douglass: A Voice for Freedom
in the 1800s. New York: Scholastic, 2003.
LC Call Number: E449.D75 W555 2003 [Catalog
Record]
Yancey, Diane. Frederick Douglass. Heroes and Villains.
San Diego: Lucent Books, 2003.
LC Call Number: E449.D95 Y36 2003 [Catalog
Record]
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