Biographical:

Here's a great place to begin your research, with short biography, with photo, of Frederick Douglass.

Bibliographical:

On this site you'll find a wealth of information on slavery and on the history of civil rights. Also, provided are links to further references, including the entire on-line text of Douglass’s narrative.

To learn more about Frederick Douglass, here is a bibliography of works written by him and also commentaties by other writers on Douglass’s life and works.

Cultural:

To expand your knowledge about the situation facing Douglass and so many others, here's a history of public education in America, highlighting the plight of black slaves and describing the freedmen schools, which were established after the Civil War.

Learn about other courageous African Americans by reading these slave narratives as well as accounts of Northern racism and of the freedmen schools.