A National leader of the Abolitionist Movement in Massachusetts and New York
Images of Douglass and people in his circle of correspondence
A list of Douglass' correspondents
A list and images of all the letters in the collection arranged by date and by correspondent
Essays by undergraduate Douglass Interns with transcriptions and images of the letters they used
Lesson plans and document-based-questions for elementary and high school teachers
Selected writings of Douglass and others
Links to other Douglass-related websites
Middle School Resources
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For Pre-Civil War Whaling click here
eBook Summaries
Virtual Tour with Narration – Walk through Boston to the sea and experience the remarkable transformation of a small hilly peninsula into a great modern city.
Why Schools Fail To Teach Slavery's 'Hard History'
By the time George Washington died, more than 300 enslaved people lived and toiled on his Mount Vernon farm. Painting by Junius Brutus Stearns, 19th Century.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, circa 1857. (George Eastman House Collection)
Too Much Self-Reliance? “Self-Reliance.” Did the great Ralph Waldo Emerson get it wrong? Have we? Have we turned self-reliance into self-centeredness? Early in the heart of the 19th Century, young America was in trouble. A brutal economic bust. Banks collapsing all over. Confidence, wavering. And here came the brilliant transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, like a blazing star. Trust yourselves, he said. Look inside. Speak what you think in hard words. Above all, embrace self-reliance. And boy did that go deep. It’s American bedrock. Maybe too deep, says my guest today. It’s become self-centeredness. Polarizing rigidity. This hour, On Point: Emerson, and the most American debate – can you have too much self-reliance? Too Much Self-Reliance?“Self-Reliance.” Did the great Ralph Waldo Emerson get it wrong? Have we? Have we turned self-reliance into self-centeredness? To read more click here..
Emerson's home in Concord, MA
'What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?' Frederick Douglass, Revisited