Frederick Douglass Audio & Video

In 1972, renowned actor Ossie Davis brought to sonic life several of Douglass's visionary writings, plying his resonant voice to produce riveting renditions of the Douglass classics…

First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.

Excerpt from Frederick Douglass' speech outlining the hypocritical nature of slavery in the United States of America.

Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, this is the most famous American slave narrative ever published and is a rhetorical masterpiece.

Frederick Douglass published his highly acclaimed third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, in 1881 and revised it in 1892.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.

Following Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and My Bondage and My Freedom...

The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circumstances; it is, moreover, a noble vindication of the highest aims of the American anti-slavery movement.

Frederick Douglass was born a slave, and it seemed likely that he would live and die a slave since...

The articles narrated here are "My Escape From Slavery" (1881) and "Reconstruction" (1866).