Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction to Series Four xv
6. Introduction to Volume One xlix
7. Editorial Method liii
8. Timeline of Douglass’s Life lix
9. Illustrations lxxv
10. WRITINGS
11. I WAS BORN A SLAVE (c. 1842) 1
12. NIAGARA (1843) 2
13. GOD BE THANKED! (1845) 3
14. THE FOLLY OF OUR OPPONENTS (1845) 5
15. BIBLES FOR THE SLAVES (1848) 11
16. NORTH STAR CIRCULAR (1849) 15
17. A NOTE OF THANKS (1852) 17
18. THE HEROIC SLAVE (1853) 19
19. ADDRESS OF THE COLORED NATIONAL CONVENTION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES (1853) 62
20. THE HAYTIAN EMIGRATION MOVEMENT (1861) 83
21. THE SLAVE’S APPEAL TO GREAT BRITAIN (1862) 90
22. A PERTINENT QUESTION (1865) 102
23. RECONSTRUCTION (1866) 104
24. AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS FOR IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE (1867) 113
25. SALMON P. CHASE (1868) 127
26. THE WORK BEFORE US (1868) 134
27. SANTO DOMINGO TRAVEL DIARY (1871) 144
28. U.S. GRANT AND THE COLORED PEOPLE (1872) 163
29. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD (1874) 188
30. GEN. O. O. HOWARD AGAIN ACQUITTED (1874) 191
31. TO THE DEPOSITORS OF THE FREEDMAN’S SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY (1874) 196
32. THE EMANCIPATED MAN WANTS KNOWLEDGE (1875) 201
33. THE EMANCIPATED MAN WANTS KNOWLEDGE (1875) 203
34. NEGROES, MONGOLS AND HEBREWS (1880) 208
35. THE COLOR LINE (1881) 211
36. MY ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY (1881) 230
37. ABOLISH THE VICE PRESIDENT (c. 1882) 254
38. TO THE COLORED MEN OF THE UNITED STATES (1883) 256
39. CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUDGE HARLAN (1883) 264
40. THE CONDITION OF THE FREEDMEN (1883) 270
41. THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO RACE (1884) 281
42. THE DEMOCRATIC RETURN TO POWER—ITS EFFECT? (1885) 287
43. HAS AMERICA NEED OF A WESTMINSTER ABBEY? (1885) 293
44. AMERICAN AUTHORS ON INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT (1886) 296
45. THE FUTURE OF THE COLORED RACE (1886) 298
46. THOUGHTS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF A TOUR IN IRELAND (1886) 303
47. REMINISCENCES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1886) 321
48. REMINISCENCES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1886) 332
49. FREDERICK DOUG LASS IN PARIS (1887) 407
50. DEAR JOE (1887) 426
51. HENRY WARD BEECHER (1887) 430
52. THE GREAT AGITATION (1889) 433
53. THE CAUSE OF THE REPUBLICAN DEFEAT (1890) 458
54. TO JOE DOUG LASS FROM GRANDPA (1891) 467
55. HAITI AND THE UNITED STATES: INSIDE HISTORY OF THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE MÔLE ST. NICOLAS. PART I. (1891) 468
56. HAITI AND THE UNITED STATES: INSIDE HISTORY OF THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE MÔLE ST. NICOLAS. PART II. (1891) 479
57. THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS, AND ITS EDITORS: OPINION OF HON. FREDERICK DOUG LASS (1891) 489
58. THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS, AND ITS EDITORS: REVIEW (1891) 491
59. SLAVERY (1891) 493
60. UNSOLICITED OPINIONS OF ANTI-CASTE: OPINIONS OF COLOURED AMERICANS (1892) 532
61. PRESIDENT HARRISON AND OUR COLORED CITIZENS (1892) 533
62. LYNCH LAW IN THE SOUTH (1892) 541
63. PROTECTION DEMANDED (1892) 553
64. THE NEGRO IN THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN (1892) 559
65. DOUG LASS ON THE LATE ELECTION (1892) 575
66. NO ROYAL ROAD TO PROGRESS FOR THE NEGRO (1892) 581
67. INAUGURATION OF THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION (1893) 584
68. HOW TO SECURE EQUAL RIGHTS (1893) 590
69. THE REASON WHY THE COLORED AMERICAN IS NOT IN THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION: INTRODUCTION (1893) 592
70. DOUG LASS, FREDERICK (1895) 602
71. LIBERIA (1895) 613
72. WHAT I FOUND AT THE NORTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION (1895) 621
73. THE STORY OF THE HUTCHINSONS: INTRODUCTION (1896) 631
74. TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE: AN ESTIMATE BY A FELLOW-AFRICAN (1903) 636
75. TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE: AN ESTIMATE BY A FELLOW-AFRICAN (1903) 648
76. Textual Notes on The Heroic Slave 655
77. List of Emendations 663