Frederick Douglass was an Eastern Shore native, abolitionist leader, social reformer, and one of the most important leaders of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century.

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...

Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he ...

The effort to name the House Press Gallery after abolitionist Frederick Douglass is getting a push forward as Rep. Byron ...

TOWSON — Frederick Douglass never knew his actual birthday, but decided to celebrate it on Valentine's Day. That's why Feb.14 ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his ...

When you think about Black History Month, several figures likely come to mind, with Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass ...

For Black History Month, a family member of a prominent figure in history was at the Springfield Museum of History.

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time ...

Though Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist ... A vocal critic of enslavement, O'Connell had played an important role in bringing it to an end in the British Empire in ...

Sam Bradley, executive director of the Pan African History Museum USA, recites Frederick Douglass' famed Fourth of July ...

Nantucket is home to more than 800 pre-Civil War era buildings, one of which marks an important milestone in 2025.