Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
“No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and…
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Douglass’ Role in the Civil War
“A war undertaken and brazenly carried for the perpetual enslavement of the colored men, calls…
“Another Word to Colored Men”
Source: Douglass Monthly, April 1863 Let me sound once more the trump of war.…
“Men of Color to Arms!”
Broadside, Rochester, March 21, 1863 When first the rebel cannon shattered the walls of Sumter…
“Why Should a Colored Man Enlist?”
Source: Frederick Douglass, Douglass’ Monthly, April 1863 This question has been repeatedly put to us…
Recruiting African American soldiers for the Union Army
“The War for the Union, whether men so call it or not, is a war…
“Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand”
“Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand” was originally published in Douglass’ Monthly, September 1861. What…