Frederick Douglass was a fierce critic of America, a radical patriot and an abolitionist who was formerly enslaved. A new biography sheds light on the lesser-known corners of Douglass’ life. In his ...

Historian David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traced Frederick Douglass' path from slavery to abolitionist and inspired HBO's documentary, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. "Seeing and ...

FREDERICK DOUGLASS: Prophet of Freedom. By David W. Blight. Simon & Schuster. 764 pages. $37.50. It was nothing short of genius to place a large photograph of Frederick Douglass in his prime on the ...

Time has a way of sanding off the rough edges of historical memory, turning even the most convulsive, contentious lives into opportunities for national triumphalism and self-congratulation. With ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT This hourlong film about 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass is based on David W. Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 biography and produced by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Along ...

Douglass was a passionate writer and powerful orator, and Blight says the most photographed person in the 19th century. David Blight is a professor of history at Yale and the author or editor of a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — David W. Blight's biography of Frederick Douglass and Sarah Smarsh's "Heartland" are among the nominees for awards celebrating nonfiction books of social consciousness and literary ...

A new book might just help with the post-holiday blues, no? Here are six freshly released paperbacks, all highly recommended. “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” by David W. Blight (Simon & ...

BALTIMORE — Did you know that civil rights leader Frederick Douglass spent much of his life right here in Baltimore? Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American abolitionist, social reformer, ...

Rob Bluey is president and executive editor of The Daily Signal. Send an email to Rob. Abolitionists and the pro-life movement share a similar respect for the sacredness of human life. Frederick ...

Frederick Douglass was a fierce critic of America, a radical patriot and an abolitionist who was formerly enslaved. A new biography sheds light on the lesser-known corners of Douglass’ life. In his ...