This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the exhibit surveys the full range and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound. The prominent Abolitionists section mentions Frederick Douglass and the North Star, the newspaper that he published

This exhibition showcases the incomparable African-American collections of the Library of Congress. It displays more than 240 items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.

A joint project of the Library of Congress and the British Library, the John Bull and Uncle Sam exhibition brings together for the first time treasures from the two greatest libraries in the English-speaking world. The exhibit is an exploration of selected time periods and cultural movements that provide unique insights into the relationship of the United States and Great Britain. The From Abolition to Equal Rights section is a Draft Copy of Farewell Address Given upon Leaving England by Frederick Douglass.

American Treasures of the Library of Congress is an unprecedented exhibition of the rarest, most interesting or significant items relating to America's past, drawn from every corner of the world's largest library. The exhibition includes the North Star.

This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 from the following states: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Search this collection to find newspaper articles pertaining to Frederick Douglass.

The Broad Ax. (Salt Lake City, Utah), February 17, 1906.

The Broad Ax. (Salt Lake City, Utah), February 16, 1918.

Access the finding aid for the papers of Frederick Douglass and the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.

Search PPOC using the subject heading Douglass, Frederick,--1818-1895 to find digital images related to Douglass.

In celebration of African-American History Month, the Library developed this Web site highlighting the many resources on African-American history and culture available from our extensive online collections.

This feature presentation introduces teachers and students to the topic of immigration. Frederick Douglass is mentioned in the Resistance and Abolition section of the presentation.

Students examine the tension experienced by African Americans as they struggled to establish a vibrant and meaningful identity based on the promises of liberty and equality in the midst of a society that was ambivalent towards them and sought to impose an inferior definition upon them.

Students gain a sense of the living history that surrounds the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Through studying primary source materials from American Memory and other online resources, students of all backgrounds may better grasp how historical events and human forces have shaped relationships between black and white and rich and poor cultures of our country.

On September 3, 1838, abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass made his dramatic escape from slavery, traveling north by train and boat, from Baltimore, through Delaware to Philadelphia. That same night he took a train to New York, where he arrived the following morning.

Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and twenty-one armed followers stole into the town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) as most of its residents slept.

Fellow abolitionist Frederick Douglass recognized in Brown an unparallelled devotion, "I could live for the slave, but he could die for him." Brown had lost two sons in the raid. Another son had already sacrificed his life for the anti-slavery cause in the Osawatomie raid.

On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, an important step in the long road toward full emancipation and enfranchisement for African Americans.

Twenty-one years later, on April 16, 1883, Frederick Douglass spoke at a commemoration of abolition in the District.

On January 2, 1893, Frederick Douglass delivered an address at the dedication of the Haitian Pavilion at the World's Columbian Exposition located in Jackson Park in Chicago. Douglass, a prominent writer, abolitionist, and publisher of the North Star, spent the years 1889 to 1891 in Haiti serving the Benjamin Harrison Administration as United States minister and general consul.

Over 400 years of the African American experience is documented through primary source materials at the Library of Congress. This guide provides access to digitized collections, search strategies, and external websites related to the topic.

This guide provides links to resources for slavery and a bibliography containing selected works for both general and younger readers.