Books like The Frederick Douglass papers by Frederick Douglass

The Frederick Douglass Papers comprise a wide range of primary documents that trace his lifelong devotion to social, educational, and economic reform. The collection includes his personal diaries (1886‑1887), speeches, articles, and the manuscript of his autobiography, shedding light on his activities as a lecturer and writer. These materials also document Douglass’s international travels to Africa and Europe, his publication of the abolitionist newspaper North Star in Rochester (1847‑1851), and his commission as the head of the Haiti Pavilion at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The papers cover civil rights, emancipation, the plight of freedmen and former slaves, women’s rights, and national politics. Personal correspondence features letters to and from his first wife Anna Murray Douglass, their children, and his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass, as well as exchanges with prominent figures such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells‑Barnett, and U.S. Presidents Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. Family records include notes on Cedar Hill, his residence in Washington, D.C., and the artistic achievements of his grandson Joseph H. Douglass.

First publish date: 1979