Selected Addresses of Frederick Douglass (An African American Heritage Book)

First delivered between the 1840s and 1890s, the addresses collected here present Frederick Douglass at the height of his power as an orator and statesman.

Spanning the decades before and after the American Civil War, these speeches reflect Douglass’s evolution from abolitionist advocate to national moral voice. He speaks on slavery, citizenship, constitutional liberty, education, Reconstruction, and the unfinished work of equality. His language combines moral urgenc…