The Douglas Archives is a web site that focuses on the history of the Douglas family throughout the ages. It also happens to feature a page on Frederick Douglass. This page primarily contains a brief overview of Douglass' life. However, one can also find pictures of Douglass' family members, and important dates during his lifetime.
It should be noted that the page was last updated over a year ago, and there is only one source provided. For this reason, some of the information might be unreliable. Even so, I wanted to share this resource with everyone. I think that it's really interesting to see real photographs from the era, and what Douglass' family looked like.
You can click here to visit the Frederick Douglass section of the Douglas Archives.
I thought this resource was really valuable in our study of Douglass. The culture of slavery categorically denied slaves a heritage, a family, a sense of self and a sense of belonging. By compiling biographical details and constructing information about Douglass's heritage affirms his personhood and heritage. Not only is that super interesting, but it is a vital step in the destruction of the lasting effects of the oppression of racism and slavery in this country. Despite having been updated only a year ago, the source sticks to key facts and cites a few other sources of information, so it's limitations are not broad in scope. Cool beans.
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This is an interesting piece of history, a letter from Douglass to Abraham Lincoln. It describes a plan for helping slaves escape from rebel states. It always helps me to see actual writings from people of the past, to help root them in reality. It also makes his involvement in the abolitionist movement a very prominent focus of his life.