Authors: Frederick Douglass

1860–1877

Men of Color, To Arms!

“MEN OF COLOR, TO ARMS!” When first the rebel cannon shattered the walls of Sumter and drove away its starving garrison, I predicted that the war then and there inaugurated

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1860–1877

Condition of the Country

Our remarks upon the present condition of the country and upon the prospects of the anti-slavery cause must be very brief in our present number, both for want of time

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1877–1917

In Memory of Lincoln

Delivered at the Unveiling of The Freedmen’s Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. Friends and Fellow-citizens: I warmly congratulate you upon the highly interesting object which has caused you to

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