Becoming Frederick Douglass

Young Frederick Douglass Goes to Baltimore
3m 54s

Young Frederick Douglass is sent to work in the overseer’s house where he learns to read.

Battling the Slave Breaker
3m 49s

The young, rebellious Douglass is sent to the brutal “slave breaker,” Edward Covey.

The Abolitionists
3m 1s

A brilliant orator, Douglass becomes famous for his moving speeches against slavery.

The Fugitive Slave Law
3m 7s

The new law empowers the government to capture and return previously enslaved people.

Anna Murray
4m 10s

Douglass meets Anna Murray and they plot his escape to the North to build a life together.

The North Star
4m 14s

Douglass starts the newspaper The North Star, an independent Black voice for abolition.