Podcast Episodes featuring Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Winding Path to Emancipation

History Unplugged Podcast - January 11, 2022 07:35 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
In a little-noted eulogy delivered shortly after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Frederick Douglass called the martyred president “emphatically the Black man’s president,” and the “first to show any respect for their rights as men.” To justify his description, Douglass pointed not just to Lincol...

Washington Post Compares Elizabeth Warren to Frederick Douglass; GM Strike Update

Status Coup Podcast - September 23, 2019 06:49 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratings
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Frederick Douglass (Summer Repeat)

In Our Time - July 18, 2019 08:02 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.7K ratings
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818 and, once he had escaped, became one of that century's most prominent abolitionists. He was such a good orator, his opponents doubted his story, but he told it in grim detail in...

38: The (Early) Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

History That Doesn't Suck - May 13, 2019 04:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4.5K ratings
“I am your fellow man, but not your slave, Frederick Douglass.” This is the story of self-education, self-emancipation, overcoming adversity, bad and good luck, and the abolitionist cause. Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick is ripped from his mother, never knows his father, but quickly real...

Episode #5: Interview with Noelle Lorraine Williams on Frederick Douglass’ 1849 Speech at Rutgers University-Newark

Queer Newark Oral History Project - April 07, 2019 17:14 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
One hundred and seventy years ago, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass gave a speech at the Plane Street Colored Church, once located at the site of what is now the athletic field at Rutgers University-Newark. In this episode, Kristyn talks to grad student Noelle Lorraine Williams about her wo...

David W. Blight | Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Free Library Podcast - December 07, 2018 08:35 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 106 ratings
David W. Blight's many books of history include American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, and two annotated editions of Frederick Douglass's first two autobiographies. Blight is a professor of American History and Director of the G...

George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today's Republican Party: Harold Meyerson, plus Katha Pollitt on White Women and Trump and Eric Foner on Frederick Douglass

The Nation Podcasts - December 05, 2018 20:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratings
George H. W. Bush paved the way for today’s Republican party with his racist Willy Horton campaign, nominated Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, and pardoned the Iran-Contra conspirator whose trial would have exposed his own abuse of power. Harold Meyerson explains -- he’s executive editor of ...

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady - November 08, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 335 ratings
2018 marks 200 years since the birth of Frederick Douglass, and we now have the first major biography of Douglass in a quarter century. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by prize-winning historian and Yale Professor David Blight is based on nearly a lifetime of research as well as letters an...

Frederick Douglass

Historical Figures - October 31, 2018 07:01 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.9K ratings
A pioneer in the abolition movement and women's suffrage, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery and championed a movement through his speeches and writings during the Civil War. Sponsors! Parcast - Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to our new podcast Kingpins! Learn more about your ad choices. ...

Neil Roberts, “A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass” (UP of Kentucky, 2018)

New Books Network - September 17, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratings
The year 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ birth. It can hardly be said that scholars have neglected Douglass; indeed, he is one of the most written-about figures in American history. But not all aspects of Douglass’ thought have received their due. One such blank spot in wh...

Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man (with Timothy Sandefur)

Free Thoughts - March 16, 2018 04:15 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 272 ratings
Timothy Sandefur joins us for a conversation on Frederick Douglass. We also discuss the abolitionist movement, Douglass’s relationship with President Abraham Lincoln and how Frederick Douglass fits in with subsequent leaders of the black civil rights movement. Timothy Sandefur is the author of F...

Frederick Douglass

In Our Time: History - February 08, 2018 11:20 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
In a programme first broadcast in 2018, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818 and, once he had escaped, became one of that century's most prominent abolitionists. He was such a good orator, his opponents doubted hi...

Frederick Douglass

In Our Time - February 08, 2018 11:20 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.7K ratings
In a programme first broadcast in 2018, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818 and, once he had escaped, became one of that century's most prominent abolitionists. He was such a good orator, his opponents doubted hi...

Frederick Douglass

Stuff You Missed in History Class - July 31, 2017 15:48 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 22.6K ratings
Frederick Douglass was an orator, writer, statesman and social reformer. His early life shaped the truly remarkable advocate he became, and the two primary causes he campaigned for — the abolition of slavery and women's suffrage. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnet...

Leigh Fought, “Women in the World of Frederick Douglass” (Oxford UP, 2017)

New Books Network - July 16, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratings
Leigh Fought is an assistant professor of history at Le Moyne College. Her book Women in the World of Frederick Douglass (Oxford University Press, 2017) offers a detailed and rich portrait of Frederick Douglass’ private and public life and his many relationships with women. From his enslaved moth...

Videogame BANG! Episode 65: Frederick Douglass's Ant-Man

Videogame BANG! Podcast - January 08, 2015 05:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 107 ratings
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