Battle for Abolition
Some Americans had opposed slavery since colonial times. In 1777, Vermont was the first U.S. territory to ban slavery, and the state of Pennyslvania followed suit in 1780
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/slavery/es_abolitio...

Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass has been called the father of the civil rights movement. He rose through determination, brilliance, and eloquence to shape the American nation. He was an abolitionist, human rights and women's rights activist, orator, author, journalist
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/overview.htm

Frederick Douglass
Power of an Idea
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/gallery4.htm

Frederick Douglass
The Life of Frederick Douglass
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/fdlife.htm

Frederick Douglass
The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html

Frederick Douglass
A Biography of the Life of Frederick Douglass
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html

Frederick Douglass
Photo and Life of Frederick Douglass
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/douglass

Frederick Douglass
The Life of Frederick Douglass and Good Links
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/fdlife.htm

Frederick Douglass
The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/freddoug.html

Frederick Douglass
The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/fdouglas/dougxx.htm