KU FREDERICK DOUGLASS’
BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Frederick Douglass
1. The Afro-American Press and its Editors / by L. Garland Penn; with contributions
by Frederick Douglass…et al. Springfield, Mass.: Willey, 1891. (microfiche, LAC
16466).
2. The Autobiographies/Frederick Douglass. New York: Library of America, 1994.
(Prose works, selections: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, a slave –My
bondage and my freedom- Life and times of Frederick Douglass, ( E449D749
1994b).
Douglass’ brilliant anti-slavery speeches were so fiercely intelligent, and so
startlingly eloquent that many people didn’t believe he had been a slave. To
prove them wrong, he decided to write his own story. His autobiographical
narratives stunned the world, and have shocked, moved and inspired readers
ever since. Here, complete for the first time in one authoritative volume, are
three powerful and gripping stories, now recognized as classics of American
writing.
3. Black Men in Chains: Narratives by Escaped Slaves / edited by Charles H. Nichols.
1st Ed. New York: L. Hill, 1972. (326 N515b).
4. Douglass’ Monthly. New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. (9 microfiches (5
volumes), MFC 40). http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?page=2884
5. Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass/Philip S. Foner. New York: International
Publishers, 1975, c1950-1975. (5 vols, 1. Early years, 1817-1849.-2. Pre-Civil Ward
decade, 1850-1860.3.The Civil war, 1861-1865.-4.Reconstruction and after.-5.
Supplementary volume, 1844-1860; 322.44092D747L).
6. Living Black in White America/ edited by Jay David and Elaine Crane with a
forward by David L. Lewis. New York: Morrow, 1971. (920.073Ad591).
This is a natural sequel to living Black in White America is growing up
Black. It is an autobiographical journey through two hundred years of adult
Black experience; it too is rightly called an historical narrative. In addition,
however, living Black in White America takes on a more pointed focus of its
own. It not only recalls the mental and physical suffering of twenty two
Negro Americans, but also confronts us with the staggering effects of this
experience on the American social scene - ever-increasing alienation,
mistrust, and frustration.
7. My Bondage and My Freedom / Frederick Douglass. Reprint of the 1855 ed. New
York: Arno press, 1968. (E449D738 1968).
etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DouMybo.html
Frederick Douglass not only retells his life as a slave, but presents a vivid
picture of his early years in the abolitionist movement – while he was still in
the thick of its activities. Here is the ex-slave lecturing anti-slavery meetings
about the evils of the South’s “peculiar institution”but becoming
distinguished with this narrow role.
8. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave/written by
himself. Boston: Published at the Anti- Slavery Office, 1845. (1 microfiche,
LAC16660). http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Douglass/Autobiography/
Swim through the turbulent waters of the life of Frederick Douglass as he
takes you through his incredible life of love and hate that he lived as
slave and how he rose to become one of the prominent personalities of his
century.
9. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American slave/ written by himself,
edited by Benjamin Quarles. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1960. (E449
D74905).
Douglass’s graphic depictions of slavery, harrowing escape to freedom, and
life as a newspaper editor, eloquent orator, and impassioned abolitionist. The
publication in 1845 of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was a
passport to prominence for a twenty-seven year old Negro. Up to that year,
most of his life had been spent in obscurity. Born on the Eastern shore of
Maryland, Douglass escapes slavery in 1838, going to New Bedford,
Massachusetts. Here for four years, he turned his hand on odd jobs, his early
hardships as a free man being lessened by the thriftiness of his wife
10. The Real War Will Never Get In the Books: Selections from writers during the
civil war/ edited by Louis P. Masur. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
(PS128 H39 1993).
11. Slave Narratives. New York: Library of America, 2000. (E444S56 2000).
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/WPA/wpahome.html
The narratives are collected in a 41-volume series entitled The American
Slave: A Composite Autobiography. These volumes include two original
series
(Series One and Series Two), two volumes of interviews conducted
by Fisk University in the 1920s, and two supplement series (Supplement
Series One and Supplement Series Two). The interviews in Series One and
Series Two (vols. 2-17) were transcribed on manual typewriters in the 1930s.
These 16 volumes were not typeset in the early 1970s, but simply
photocopied and bound. The reproduction quality is sometimes poor. The
type is varied and the clarity is uneven.
12. Story of the Hutchinsons (tribe of Jesse) / by John Wallace Hutchinson; compiled
and edited by Charles E. Mann, with an introduction by Frederick Douglass.
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869. (1 microfiche, LAC23394).
www.geocities.com/hfsbook/storytofc.htm
13. Three addresses on the relations subsisting between the white and the colored
people of the United States / Frederick Douglass. Washington; D.C.: Gibson Bros.,
Printers, 1869. (microfiche, LAC 40108).
14. Works of Frederick Douglass / Frederick Douglass. New York: Microfilmed from
the Schomburg Collections of the New York Public Library by KTO microfilm,
1969. (1 microfilm reel MFL 766). http://www.onlineliterature.com/frederick_douglass/
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), American author, abolitionist, and lecturer
wrote three autobiographies during his life-time; A Narrative n the Life of
Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), My Bondage and My
Freedom (1855), and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881). Douglass
was the first slave to stand publicly and declare his fugitive status, became a
prolific lecturer, and published many newspapers during his lifetime which
he devoted to causes in the name of "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness" for all, as set forth in the United States Declaration of
Independence.
15. Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years/ Dickson J. Preston. Baltimore:
John Hopkins University Press, 1980. (E449 D75P74).
“This is an excellent example of the historian as a detective. In tracing the
family origins of Douglass and in delineating his slave experience, the author
has tracked down the most fugitive of source materials, combining industry
and patience with insight imagination.” Benjamin Quarles.
About Frederick Douglass
1. 100 Americans Who Shaped American History/ Samuel Willard Crompton. - San
Mateo, Calif.: Bluewood books, 1999. (CT214C76 1999).
2. Afrotopia: The Roots of African American Popular History / Wilson Jeremiah
Moses. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998. (E185.625M1999)
3. At Emerson’s Tomb: The Politics of Classic American Literature/ John Carlos
Rowe. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. (PS217 P64 R69 1997).
4. A Black Diplomat in Haiti: The diplomatic correspondence of U.S Minister
Frederick Douglass from Haiti, 1889-1891/ edited and introduced by Norma
Brown. Salisbury, N.C.: Documentary Publications, 1977. (327.2092D747b).
5. Black Genius And The American Experience/ Dick Russell; forward by Alvin F.
Poussaint. New York: Carroll and Graft, 1999. (E 185.86R88 1999).
“Sweeping across two centuries of history, Russel reveals the
interconnectedness of black culture allowing the voices and spirits of
remarkable individuals to resonate in an unparalleled way.” - Jack Newfield,
author of; Only in America: the life and crimes of Don King.
6. The Black Response to America: Men, ideals and organization, from Frederick
Douglass to the NAACP/Robert L. Factor. – Reading, Mass.: Addison- Wesley,
1970. (323.1196F119b).
7. Blacks in the Abolitionist Movement/edited by John H. Bracey, Jr., August Meier
and Elliott Rudwick. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1971. (326.973B722b).
8. The City in African- American Literature/ edited and with an introduction by
Yoshinobu Hakutani and Robert Butler. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson
university press, 1995. (PS 169C57C58 1995).
9. The Classic Slave Narratives/ edited and with an introduction by Henry Louis
Gates, Jr. – New York, American Library, 1967. (E444 C63 1987).
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, The history of Mary
Prince: A West Indian slave, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and
Incidents in the Life of a slave girl. All, in one volume.
10. Frederick Douglass/Benjamin Quarles. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice – Hall 1968.
(E449 Q18).
Included in this book, distinguished historians, critics assess Douglass’s
militancy, revolutionary philosophy, and the enduring appeal of this man so
indispensable to Negro history.
11. Frederick Douglass :An American life/ written by Lou Potter and William
Greaves; produced and directed by William Greaves, Greaves Production, Inc.
Washington, D.C.: National Park Service; distributed by Harpers Ferry Historical
Assoc., Inc., 1984. (Video recording, VT 1782).
12. Frederick Douglass’ Civil War: Keeping Faith in Jubilee/ David w. Blight. Baton
Rouge: Louisiana State University press, 1989. (E449 D75 B55 1989).
This work combines three major interests in American History: The
Black experience, The Civil War, and intellectual history. All three
subjects are crucial to understanding the shape of the American past.
Events that cause a collision of ideas and passions can be fruitful
vineyards for intellectual historians.
13. Frederick Douglass/ by Booker T. Washington. Philadelphia: G.W. Jacobs, 1907. (1
microfiche, LAC 12897).
14. Frederick Douglass: The Colored Orator/by Frederic May Holland. New York:
Funk and Wagnalls, 1891. (microfiche, LAC 12853).
15. Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical essays/ edited by Eric J.
Sundquist. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990. (E449 D75
F74).
“It is an American book for Americans, in the fullest sense of the idea.”
16. The Frederick Douglass Papers/ John W. Blassingame, editor.., et al. New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1979- c1985 (vols. 1-3, E449 D733).
17. Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History/produced and directed by
Orlando Bagwel. c1994. Recorded off-satellite by license from PBS Adult learning
Satellite service. (Vtape. 3949).
18. The Frederick Douglass Years: A Cultural History Exhibition/organized by the
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Circulated by the
Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Institution Press 1970.(301.45196An13f).
19. Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman series of 1938-40/
Ellen Harkins Wheat. Hampton, VA:. Hampton University Museum, 1991. (ND237
L29 W48 1991).
20. Liberating Sojourn: Frederick Douglass and transatlantic reform/ edited by Allan
J. Rice and martin Crawford. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, c 1999.
(E449 D75 L53 1999).
The essays in this volume were originally presented to a
colloquium held under the auspices of the David Bruce
Center of American Studies at Keele University in
September 1995. The occasion brought together scholars
from both sides of the Atlantic in celebration of one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s first visit to
Britain.
21. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from
Bondage and His Complete History to the present time. Including his connection
with the anti-slavery movement/ written by himself with an introduction by Mr.
George L. Ruffin. Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing, 1884. (microfiche LAC
10829).
…Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, written by himself… Introduction the Life
and Times of Frederick Douglass is a classic in American…newspapers, The North
Star and…
22. The Mind of Frederick Douglass/ Waldo E. Martin, Jr. Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press, c 1984. (973.8092 D747m).
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WALDO E. MARTIN, JR. The University of North…Publication Data martin, Waldo
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23. Moral Choices: Memory, Desire, and Imagination in Nineteenth-Century
American Abolition/ Peter Walker. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press,
c 1978. (326.973W153m).
24. Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America/ by Kelly Miller. New York:
Neale, 1910, c1909. (1 microfiche, LAC 12865).
25. Radicals and Conservatives: And Other Essays on the Negro in America/ Kelly
Miller. New York: Schocken Books, 1968. (First published in 1908 under the title:
Race adjustment; reprinted in 1968 with an introduction by Philip Rieff; E185
M66 1968b).
26. Talks for the Times/ by W. H. Crogman. Atlanta: Press of Franklin Printing &
Publishing, 1896. (1 microfiche, LAC10481).
27. Talks for the Times/ by W.H. Crogman. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press,
1971, c1896. (185.5 C94 1971).
28. To Wake The Nations: Race in the Making of American Literature/ Eric J.
Sundquist. Cambridge, Mass.:Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,1993. (PS
153 N5S9 1993).
29. “We Are All Together Now.”: Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd garrison, and the
prophetic tradition/ William B. Rogers. New York: Garland Publishers, 1995. (JC
585 R74 1995).
30. The Trouble with Douglass’s Body by Robert Fanuzzi, 1999.
31. The Textual Reproductions of Frederick Douglass by Douglass Anderson, 1997.
32. He Made Us Laugh.
33. The Spirit of Hate.
Teacher Educational Materials:
1. 3 Against Slavery: Denmark Vesey, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass/
Philip Spencer. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1972. (Lib Sci 920.9326Sp34t).
2. African Americans who made a difference: 15 plays for the classroom. New
York Scholastic professional Books, 1996. (Curric E 185.96 A354 1996).
3. Black Pride: a peoples’ struggle/ by Janet Harris and Julius W. Hobson. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. (LibSci 322.4H242b).
4. Escape from Slavery: the boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own words/ edited
and illustrated by Michael McCurdy, foreword by Coretta Scott King. New York:
Knopf: distributed by Random House, 1994. (B Douglass McCu).
5. Escape to freedom: a play about young Frederick Douglass/ Ossie Davis. New
York: Viking Press, 1978, c1976. (812 D296e).
6. Frederick Douglass: freedom fighter/ Lillie Patterson and illustrated by Gray
Morrow. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard Pub. Co., 1965. (Lib Sci. B Douglass Pat).
7. Frederick Douglass: slave, fighter, freeman/ Arna Wendell Bontemps and
illustrated by Harper Johnson. 1st ed. New York: Knopf, 1959. (LIB Sci. B
Douglass Bon).
8. Great American Speeches/ compiled by Alexandra Hanson-Harding. New York:
Scholastic Professional Books, c1997. (Curr. E 173 G 7945 1997 – component of
Curric Kit 728).
9. Great Black Americans poster series II. Madison, Wis.: Knowledge Unlimited, Inc.,
c 1991. (Curr. E 185.96 F742 1991).
10. Learning about dedication from the life of Frederick Douglass / Sam Marlowe. 1st
ed. New York: PowerKids Press, 1996. (Curr LC 311 C49393 1996).
11. Life and times of Frederick Douglass/ adapted by Barbara Ritchie. New York:
Crowell, 1966. (LibSci B Douglass Dou).Frederick Douglass and the Constitution:
Middle Level Learning, supplement to National council for the Social Studies
Publications. Number 33 September, 2008. ( www.sicialstudies.org).
12. Social Education: The Official Journal of national Council for the Social Studies.
Volume 72, number 5 September 2008. (www.socialstudies.org).
13. Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln: A Relationship in Language, politics,
and Memory by David W. Blight. 24 pgs.
14. Frederick Douglass; Oratory from slavery. By David B. Chesebrough.184 pgs.
15. African –American Orators: A Bio-critical Sourcebook (“Frederick Douglass
(1815-1895), Abolitionist, Reformer” begins on p82) by Richard W. Leeman.452
pages.
16. Intimate and Authentic Economies: The American Self-made Man from Douglass
to Chaplin (Chap.1 “free Labor and Intimate Capital”) by Tom Nissley.202 pgs.
17. Aesthetic Power: Electric words and The Example of Frederick Douglass, in ATQ
(The American Transcendental Quarterly) by Paul Gilmore.21pgs.