Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was the most photographed American of the 19th century. Born into slavery, Douglass escaped to become a leading abolitionist, writer, and orator whose fiery speeches transformed him into one of the most renowned and admired figures of his age. Here on the 175th anniversary of Douglass’s debut as an anti-slavery orator at the Nantucket Atheneum, Harvard professor and Innermost House Advisor John Stauffer presents his brilliant book, Picturing Frederick Douglass HERE.