What Is an African American Classic? by HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Introduction by JOHN STAUFFER and HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Suggestions for Further Reading
THE PORTABLE FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845)
From My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
“Introduced to the Abolitionists”
“Twenty-one Months in Great Britain”
From Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881)
“‘Time Makes All Things Even’”
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” (1852)
“The Claims of the Negro Ethnologically Considered” (1854)
“The Dred Scott Decision” (1857)
“The Significance of Emancipation in the West Indies” (1857)
“The Trials and Triumphs of Self-Made Men” (1860)
“The Day of Jubilee Comes” (1862)
“The Proclamation and a Negro Army” (1863)
“The Mission of the War” (1864)
“Pictures and Progress” (1864–65)
“Our Martyred President” (1865)
“The Freedmen’s Monument to Abraham Lincoln” (1876)
“Prejudice against Color” (1850)
“Is It Right and Wise to Kill a Kidnapper?” (1854)
“Our Plan for Making Kansas a Free State” (1854)
“The Doom of the Black Power” (1855)
“Capt. John Brown Not Insane” (1859)
“To the Rochester Democrat and American” (1859)
“The Chicago Nominations” (1860)
“The Inaugural Address” (1861)
“Frémont and His Proclamation” (1861)
“The President and His Speeches” (1862)
“Men of Color, to Arms!” (1863)
“Woman Suffrage Movement” (1870)
“Letter from the Editor” (On the Burning Down of His Rochester House) (1872)
“Give Us the Freedom Intended for Us” (1872)
“The Future of the Colored Race” (1886)
“Toussaint L’Ouverture” (ca. 1891)