Frederick Douglass

Selections from Frederick Douglass's speeches and writings representing his point of view of slavery, the condition of free blacks, the conduct of the Civil War and Lincoln's presidency, the era of Reconstruction, and the bleak years that come after it. Traces Douglass's reactions to the major figures of the times (Susan B. Anthony, Harriet tubman, Ida B. Wells-Barnett) and their impact on history.