Frederick Douglass: The Agitator as Statesman By Peter C. Myers — January 1, 2022 Statesmanship, as Douglass understood and practiced it, consisted in a tireless, courageous, hopeful, and prudent struggle to recover America’s national promise.
Frederick Douglass’s American Identity Politics By Peter C. Myers — December 29, 2020 For Douglass as for Abraham Lincoln, their common country was, through it all, the last best hope of earth.