The Right to Criticize American Institutions
I am very glad to be here. I am very glad to be present at this Anniversary, glad again to mingle my voice with those with whom I have stood […]
The Folly of Colonization
But I now come to another proposition, held up as a solution of the rare problem, and this I consider equally unworthy with the one just disposed of. The two […]
African Civilization Society
“But I entreated you to tell your readers what your objections are to the civilization and christianization of Africa. What objection have you to colored men in this country engaging […]
Prejudice Not Natural: “The American Colonization Society”
Frederick Douglass, “The American Colonization Society,” The Liberator, June 8, 1849. Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became a leading abolitionist. . . . It is because the […]
The Present and Future of the Colored Race in America
Ladies and Gentlemen, I think that most of you will agree with me in respect to the surpassing importance of the subject we are here to consider this evening though […]
The Future of the Negro
It would require the ken of a statesman and the vision of a prophet combined to tell with certainty what will be the ultimate future of the colored people of […]
The Doom of the Black Power
The days of the Black Power are numbered. Its course, indeed, is onward, but with the swiftness of an arrow, it rushes to the tomb. While crushing its millions, it […]
The Civil Rights Mass Meeting Speech
Source: Douglass, Frederick. Frederick Douglass Papers: Speech, Article, and Book File, -1894; Speeches and Articles by Douglass, -1894; 1883; Oct. 22, speech before a civil rights mass meeting, Washington, D.C., manuscript […]
Speech on the Dred Scott Decision
Source: Douglass, Frederick. “The Dred Scott Decision,” in Two Speeches, by Frederick Douglass; One on West India Emancipation, Delivered at Canandaigua, Aug. 4th, and the Other on the Dred Scott […]
Letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
My Dear Mrs. Stowe: You kindly informed me, when at your house, a fortnight ago, that you designed to do something which should permanently contribute to the improvement and elevation […]