Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time ...
In 1894, at Washington’s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Frederick Douglass delivered the last great speech of his career, titled “The Lessons of the Hour.” ...
At this historical site, you'll learn all about Frederick Douglass ... abolitionist newspapers and writing about his experience as a slave. In 1872, Douglass and his then wife, Anna, moved ...