Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), former slave and abolitionist broke whites' stereotypes about African Americans in the decades prior to the U.S. Civil War. 1855 portrait.
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
Frederick Douglass 18 18- 1895 escaped slave and abolitionist defied stereotypes about African Americans in the decades prior to the US Civil War.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), African Americam abolitionist, writer and statesman, ca 1870s.
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland
Frederick Douglass (ca 1817-1895)
Josiah Thomas Walls (1842-1905), was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives three times, but served only one term (1873-74) because of a contested election in 1871.
Stephen, Douglas old engraved portrait, Democratic Presidential candidate in 1861. Created by Bayard, published on L'Illustration, Journal Universel, Paris, 1860
Alexandre Dumas fils (son) was a French author and playwright
Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 - 1901), born a slave who educated himself and became a tailor in Macon, Georgia. Served in House of Representatives during as a replacement for only two months in 1871.
American writer Mark Twain, (aka Samuel Clemens), (1835-1910), c. 1864.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), African Americam abolitionist, writer and statesman, ca 1870s.
Frederick Douglass 18 18- 1895 escaped slave and abolitionist defied stereotypes about African Americans in the decades prior to the US Civil War.
Frederick Douglass (ca 1817-1895)
National Convention of the Colored Men of America in session at Washington, D.C. in January 1869. Among the speakers was Frederick Douglass.
1883 print commemorating the achievements of several African American men.
1883 print commemorating the achievements of several African American men.
Abraham Lincoln speaking during one of the Lincoln-Douglass debates
President Warren Harding and former President Howard Taft at the White House. On June 30, 1921, Following the death of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, President Warren G. Harding nominated Taft t