Becoming Frederick Douglass

Young Frederick Douglass Goes to Baltimore
S1 Ep1 | 3m 54s
Air Date: 10/11/22 | Rating: NR

Young Frederick Douglass is sent to work in the overseer’s house where he learns to read.

Battling the Slave Breaker
S1 Ep1 | 3m 49s
Air Date: 10/11/22 | Rating: NR

The young, rebellious Douglass is sent to the brutal “slave breaker,” Edward Covey.

The Abolitionists
S1 Ep1 | 3m 1s
Air Date: 10/11/22 | Rating: NR

A brilliant orator, Douglass becomes famous for his moving speeches against slavery.

The Fugitive Slave Law
S1 Ep1 | 3m 7s
Air Date: 10/11/22 | Rating: NR

The new law empowers the government to capture and return previously enslaved people.

Anna Murray
S1 Ep1 | 4m 10s
Air Date: 10/11/22 | Rating: NR

Douglass meets Anna Murray and they plot his escape to the North to build a life together.

The North Star
S1 Ep1 | 4m 14s
Air Date: 10/11/22 | Rating: NR

Douglass starts the newspaper The North Star, an independent Black voice for abolition.

Douglass and the Photograph
S1 Ep1 | 2m 20s
Air Date: 10/11/22 | Rating: NR

Douglass uses the power of his image to challenge white stereotypes of African Americans.

A First Look at ‘Becoming Frederick Douglass’
S1 Ep1 | 1m
Air Date: 10/11/22 | Rating: NR

The filmmakers discuss the life of Frederick Douglass.