There are three:
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845)
My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881)
Then all the articles in his newsapers, plus his speeches. The guy was amazing.
I wanted to see if they had microfilm of one of his newspapers at the Library of Virginia, and got into an Abbott and Costello routine.
Me: Do you have Frederick Douglass' Paper?
Them: I'll look. What's the name?
Me: Frederick Douglass' Paper
Them: I need the actual name.
Me: That's the name. I'm looking to see if you have Frederick Douglass' Paper.
Them: Fine, but I need the name...
He never should have changed it from
The North Star.
The guy was everywhere, giving speeches, rallying people. The abolition movement would have looked different without him, and besides all the work he did, he was an actual symbol himself of what an enslaved person could accomplish if only they were given free rein. Sure, just like whites, some were best suited to picking cotton, but as Allie says, imagine how much talent was lost. Douglass showed just one person's potential.