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Publisher
Maryland Public Television
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Becoming Frederick Douglass is the inspiring story of how a man born into slavery became one of the most prominent statesmen and influential voices for democracy in American history. Born in 1818 on Maryland's Eastern Shore, he escaped from slavery in 1838 and went on to become the most well-known leader of the abolitionist movement.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Robert Saudek Assicates
Pub. Date
[1964]
Language
English
Description
A documentary profile of Frederick Douglass. Discusses the contributions of Frederick Douglass, a former slave, to the Negro movement and to the American government in his roles as secretary of the Santo Domingo Commission, Marshall and Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, and as United States Minister to Haiti. Shows Douglass' pre-Civil War activities--addressing abolitionist meetings, expounding his views on slavery and slaveholders, and...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate Black history month and President's day with these videos: Lincoln and Douglass: an American friendship / by Nikki Giovanni ; ill. by Bryan Collier. The story of an unusual, historic friendship between two great American leaders; Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass; John, Paul, George & Ben / written and ill. by Lane Smith. A humorous and factual history of five lads who grew to become the founding fathers of our country; The journey...