Frederick Douglass: Race and the Rebirth of American Liberalism - Publisher's Marketing: "For Frederick Douglass, the iconic nineteenth-century slave and abolitionist, the foundations for his arguments in support of racial equality rested on natural rights and natural law--and the bold proclamation of the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal. But because many Americans never observed this principle--and in Douglass's day even renounced it--he made it his life's work to move the nation toward this vision of a more noble liberalism. Peter Myers now considers that effort and the natural rights arguments by which Douglass confronted race in America. Myers examines the philosophic core of Douglass's political thought, offering a greater understanding of its depth and coherence. He depicts Douglass as the leading thinker to apply the Founders' doctrine of natural rights to the plight of African Americans--an activist who grounded his arguments on the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the inherent injustice not only of slavery but of any form of racial superiority. Myers first reconsiders Douglass's descriptive analysis of slavery, developing his arguments for its natural wrongness and for its natural weakness in conjunction with the right of resistance. He then examines Douglass's understandings of civil government in general and of the U.S. constitutional order in particular, exploring his argument on the Constitution's relation to slavery and his thoughts on the powers and duties of the federal and state governments in the matter of postslavery race relations--including new insight into Douglass's controversial "do nothing" doctrine. Myers argues that Douglass's political thought at its core is both more coherent and more defensible in substancethan his critics acknowledge. He maintains that Douglass was right in finding the natural rights principles of the Declaration a sufficient theoretical basis for addressing the nation's racial problems and contends that his hopefulness for the demise of slavery and white supremacy was marked by moderation and realism. Myers finds in Douglass's political thought the foundations of a revitalized argument for the mainstream civil rights, integrationist tradition of African American political thought. His analysis offers a new way of looking at an important thinker, as well as a compelling case for hoping that race relations in America will improve over time."

Call number: SAC - E449 .D75 M94 2008

The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics - Publisher's Marketing: "A major history of Civil War America through the lens of its two towering figures: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
"My husband considered you a dear friend," Mary Todd Lincoln wrote to Frederick Douglass in the weeks after Lincoln's assassination. The frontier lawyer and the former slave, the cautious politician and the fiery reformer, the president and the most famous black man in America--their lives traced different paths that finally met in the bloody landscape of secession, Civil War, and emancipation. Opponents at first, they gradually became allies, each influenced by and attracted to the other. Their three meetings in the White House signaled a profound shift in the direction of the Civil War, and in the fate of the United States. In this first book to draw the two together, James Oakes has written a masterful narrative history. He brings these two iconic figures to life and sheds new light on the central issues of slavery, race, and equality in Civil War America."

Call number: SAC - E449.D75 O15 2007

Frederick Douglass - Publisher's Marketing: "As orator, writer, and abolitionist leader, Frederick Douglass was one of the most powerful voices for freedom in the U.S. His autobiographies have shaped our view of slavery. Now, in a majestic new biography, McFeely goes behind Douglass' skillfully created public image to bring readers for the first time a full portrait of this commanding figure."

Call number: SAC - E449.D75 M374 1991

Call number: PAL - Civil War Collection - E449.D75 M374 1991

Call number: OPC - E449.D75 M374 1991

Frederick Douglass' Civil War: Keeping Faith in Jubilee

Call number: PAL - Civil War Collection - E449.D75 B55 1989

Call number: OPC - E449.D75 B55 1989

Young Frederick Douglass: Fight for Freedom - Publisher's Marketing: "Presents the early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist, and statesman."

Call number: PAL - Civil War Collection - E449.D75 S26 1983

Frederick Douglass: A Lecture on our National Capital : [exhibition catalog held at the] Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Smithsonian Institution /by Frederick Douglass.

Call number: PAL - F198 .D75 1978

The Frederick Douglass Years: A Cultural History Exhibition. Organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

Call number: PAL - Civil War Collection - E185.53.W3 A54 1970

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism - Publisher's Marketing: "Written more than a century ago by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister, and a leader of his people, this masterpiece is one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded."

Call number: SAC - E449.D75 D68 1996

Call number: PAL - E449 .D74905 1960

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself

Facsimile edition.

Call number: PAL - Civil War Collection - E449 .D738 1995 and E449 .D738 1991

The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass

Call number: PAL - Civil War Collection - E449 .D736

Call number: OPC - E449 .D736 1950

American Slave Narratives - Publisher's Marketing: "The ten works collected in this volume demonstrate how a diverse group of writers challenged the conscience of a nation and laid the foundations of the African American literary tradition by expressing their anger, pain, sorrow, and courage."

Call number: SAC - E444 .S56 2000

The book boasts an astounding roster of important historical and intellectual figures, writers and religious leaders, such as Phyllis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., General Colin Powell, and Angela Davis, as well as a generous selection of riveting accounts from ordinary people. The misery of slavery, the bloodshed of several American wars, and the struggle for civil rights are just some of the pivotal experiences described in vivid detail throughout the book. Linked by editor Herb Boyd's informative narrative bridges, these powerful voices from the past and present combine to create a compelling portrait of how African Americans have survived-- and shaped--some of the most important events in U.S. history.
A monumental achievement, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PEOPLE brings African-American history to life in all its tragedy and triumph, in a brilliant testament to the black experience in America."

Call number: SAC - E185 .A97 2000

My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature - Publisher's Marketing: "In this vital and inspiring volume, John Edgar Wideman has brought together the first truly representative sampling of literature by African-American writers in the early centuries of our history. Reaching across periods, styles, and regional borders, Wideman has selected twelve works of genius-some of them celebrated literary icons, others neglected or forgotten masterpieces- and reprinted them in their entirety. The result is a book as thrilling in its passion as it is vast in scope.
Though these selections come from a range of genres (verse, memoir, historical, and personal narrative), they are all, fundamentally, stories of strength and survival. Frederick Douglass's frank narrative of escape from slavery and Paul Laurence Dunbar's classic verse take their place beside lesser-known works like Nat Love's stirring account of life as a black cowboy, Ida B. Wells's haunting descriptions of lynchings, and the crisp, compelling adventures of Olaudah Equiano. Wideman prefaces each selection with an illuminating biographical essay.
The fruit of a lifetime's devotion to the best American writing, "My Soul Has Grown Deep will stand as an enduring monument to the depth and beauty of African-American literature."

Call number: PAL - PS508 .N3 M9 2002

The Emancipation Proclamation - Publisher's Marketing: "Abolition of slavery was one of the most controversial issues in American history and contributed to the divide between Southern slave-holding states and the largely anti-slavery sentiments found in the Northern states. This book provides a variety of perspectives on the Emancipation Proclamation from defenders of slavery, abolitionists, supporters of anti-slavery movements, modern scholars and social historians."

Contains the chapter, "The Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln’s Legacy Are Mixed" with writings by Frederick Douglass.

Call number: SAC - E453 .E427 2006

Reconstruction - Publisher's Marketing: "After the Civil War, the federal and state governments focused on reintegrating the South into the Union and giving the freed slaves economic and political opportunities. The contributors to this anthology, including politicians from the era, debate the effects of Reconstruction."

Contains the chapter, "The new social order. Blacks should have the right to vote" with writings Frederick Douglass.

Call number: OPC - E668 .R4155 2004

Slavery - Publisher's Marketing: "Slavery, one of the most divisive issues in American history, resulted in untold human suffering and a bloody civil war. This engaging anthology offers a variety of perspectives from slaves, slaveholders, abolitionists, and modern scholars."

Contains the chapter, "Resistance to slavery is justified" with writings by Frederick Douglass.

Call number: PAL - E441 .S6365 2004

Justice Denied: The Black Man in White America

Contains, "Men of Color, to Arms!" and "The Slavemaker" by Frederick Douglass

Call number: PAL - E185 .C47 1970