Frederick Douglass Audio Books

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.

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…

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

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

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...

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

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855.

This first of three autobiographies written by a man who was an escaped slave and internationally famous abolitionist covers the period from his life as a slave to his escape to the North at age twenty-one.

A dramatic autobiography of the great 19th century black leader and abolitionist.