Extras
Young Frederick Douglass is sent to work in the overseer’s house where he learns to read.
Douglass starts the newspaper The North Star, an independent Black voice for abolition.
Douglass meets Anna Murray and they plot his escape to the North to build a life together.
Douglass uses the power of his image to challenge white stereotypes of African Americans.
The new law empowers the government to capture and return previously enslaved people.
Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the nation’s most influential leaders.
The filmmakers discuss the life of Frederick Douglass.
The young, rebellious Douglass is sent to the brutal “slave breaker,” Edward Covey.
A brilliant orator, Douglass becomes famous for his moving speeches against slavery.
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