The photos of Frederick Douglass that helped him fight to end slavery

The photos of Frederick Douglass that helped him fight to end slavery. 8 min. Frederick Douglass in a sixth-plate daguerreotype, circa 1850. A ...

Frederick Douglass and the Power of Photography

Douglass knew that pictures allowed him to present himself as a ... Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1818. He successfully ...

Why Abolitionist Frederick Douglass Loved the Photograph

... slave, abolitionist orator and writer, and post-war statesman. ... end slavery and achieve civil rights. He called Louis Daguerre, the ...

Frederick Douglass Used Photographs To Force The Nation To ...

Douglass used pointed rhetoric to rebuke slavery and promote freedom for African-Americans; in posing for dozens of portraits, he showed what black freedom and ...

One Life: Frederick Douglass | National Portrait Gallery

This exhibition highlights the long arc and significance of Frederick Douglass's life: from slave and fugitive to internationally acclaimed abolitionist.

2175 Frederick Douglass Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures

... American abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass , who helped ...

Frederick Douglass | The Art Institute of Chicago

... picture, one of an astonishing number that he commissioned or posed for, would be seen by ardent supporters of his campaign to end slavery. Douglass was an ...

Picture This: Frederick Douglass Was The Most Photographed Man ...

Many know him for his daring escape from slavery ... photography is so important in ending slavery and racism and achieving civil rights.

Powerful, Though Silent: Frederick Douglass' Portraits

... Slavery Society about the Fourth of July. “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” Douglass asked them. “I answer: a day that reveals to him… the ...

Frederick Douglass - Unseen Histories

... Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, was published. The book was an immediate bestseller and it made Douglass's name. 'You have seen how a ...

Six Abolitionists in Photographs - National Gallery of Art

Henry Ward Beecher was also widely known for his advocacy for ending slavery. Through events as dramatic as mock slave auctions, the preacher ...

Frederick Douglass: Man of Pictures - University of Rochester

Soon, however, their kindness turned into bitter resentment as the couple realized that slavery worked best when slave owners dehumanized their slaves. If the ...

Video artwork captures the sweep of Frederick Douglass's oratory

The photos of Frederick Douglass that helped him fight to end slavery. There's no dialogue, but there are words, nearly all of them Douglass's ...

Photo Essay - Frederick Douglass

Born a slave on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1818, Douglass was an implacable enemy of oppression throughout his life, fighting against slavery until ...

Frederick Douglass's Camera Obscura - Penn Arts & Sciences

Perhaps more than any other former slave who wrote about his or her ... So what might all of this have to do with slavery, abolition, the Civil. War?

How Frederick Douglass Harnessed the Power of Portraiture ... - Artsy

And his cause of ending slavery and ending racism had the gravity that required a stern look.” Frederick Douglass, circa 1879. Image via ...

Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, Journalist, Reformer, 1818 - 1895

Douglass regarded the Civil War as the fight to end slavery, but like many free blacks he urged President Lincoln to emancipate the slaves as a means of ...

Agitation and Activism: The Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass

In his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Douglass writes: ... End Slavery Now · TIP Heroes. © ...

About this Collection | Frederick Douglass Newspapers, 1847-1874

While focusing on ending slavery and promoting the advancement and equality ... Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. British abolitionist Julia ...

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

After escaping from slavery in Maryland, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during ...