On February 20, 1895, after returning hom from a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C., Frederick Douglass suffered a massive heart attack and died shortly after. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
During his lifetime, Douglass wrote and published many of his writings as well as delivered a number of speeches. Here is a list containing all of his works:
Writings
- 1845 A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself
- 1853 The Heroic Slave
- 1855 My Bondage and My Freedom
- 1881 Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
- 1892 Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Revised
- 1847 - 1851 Founded the abolitionist newspaper The North Star
- 1851 The North Star merged with another newspaper to create the Frederick Douglass' Paper
Speeches
- "The Church and Prejudice"
- "Self-Made Men"
- "Speech at National Hall, Philadelphia July 6, 1863 for the Promotion of Colored Enlistments"
- "What to a slave is the 4th of July?"