Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress: Final Online Release

[Laura Gottesman]

The Library of Congress is pleased to announce the final release of the
Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress, available on the
American Memory Web site at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/ 

The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress presents the
papers of the nineteenth-century African-American abolitionist who
escaped from slavery and then risked his own freedom by becoming an
outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher.

The online collection, from the Library of Congress's Manuscript
Division, now contains approximately 7,400 items (38,000 images)
relating to Douglass' life as an escaped slave, abolitionist, editor,
orator, and public servant. The papers span the years 1841 to 1964, with
the bulk of the material from 1862 to 1895. The collection consists of
correspondence, speeches and articles by Douglass and his
contemporaries, a draft of his autobiography, financial and legal
papers, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items. These papers reveal
Douglass' interest in diverse subjects such as politics, emancipation,
racial prejudice, women's suffrage, and prison reform. Included is
correspondence with many prominent civil rights reformers of his day,
including Susan B. Anthony, William Lloyd Garrison, Gerrit Smith, Horace
Greeley, and Russell Lant, and political leaders such as Grover
Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. Scrapbooks document Douglass' role as
minister to Haiti and the controversy surrounding his interracial second
marriage.  The online release of the Frederick Douglass Papers is made
possible through the generous support of the Citigroup Foundation.

American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating
to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more
than 8 million digital items from more than 120 historical collections.

Please submit any questions you may have using the web form available
at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-memory2.html.