Frederick Douglass Papers

The Frederick Douglass Papers collects, edits, and publishes in books and online the speeches, letters, autobiographies, and other writings of Frederick Douglass. The project is in the process of building a new digital edition where documents completed here are published. You can find the digital edition at https://frederickdouglasspapersproject.com/s/digitaledition/page/home.

Correspondence, Volume 4: 1881-1888 (documents to come)

The published volume will include 252 letters in full, and 667 calendared (or summarized) documents, for a total of 919 letters.

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Problem Documents (Private)

Documents that have difficult transcription or need editorial review

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Speeches, Volume 2 (1847- ) Unpublished Private

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Entity Linking

Documents to be linked for author/recipient/people mentioned. When completed move add to "Linking complete"

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Problem Documents

Documents with unknown origin or publishing info.

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November 2024 migration

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Autobiography 3 ready for Omeka

Processed documents that will be uploaded to the Omeka website in early 2025

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Ready for Omeka January 2025

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NEH document set 2024

Documents used for 2024 NEH application

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