"The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the ...

A: Before the Declaration of Independence, in many ways, there hadn't been an official challenge to slavery in America. Now it's questionable whether the drafters of the Declaration of Independence ...

Introduction: the confluence of history and memory -- Pt. I: Preludes -- Several lives in one : Frederick Douglass's autobiographical art -- They knew what time it was : African Americans and the ...

So You Want a Civil War? Let’s Pause to Remember What One Looks Like. Today marks the 163rd anniversary of Antietam. Those who say they’re ready for civil war should stop and think about what happened ...