Publications
The Frederick Douglass Papers collects, edits, and publishes in books and online the speeches, letters, autobiographies, and other writings of Frederick Douglass. The original heart of the project is the publication by Yale University Press of fifteen volumes of the most historically significant of Douglass’s works; nine of these volumes have been published so far, as well as several ancillary paperback volumes.

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 5: 1889-1895
To be published in 2026

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Four: Journalism and Other Writings, Volume 2
To be published in 2025

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 4: 1881-1888
To be published in 2024

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 3: 1866-1880
Edited by John R. Kaufman-McKivigan
2023

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Four: Journalism and Other Writings, Volume 1
Edited by John R. Kaufman-McKivigan
2022


The Speeches of Frederick Douglass: A Critical Edition
Edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband, and Heather L. Kaufman
2018

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 2: 1853-1865
Edited by John R. Kaufman-McKivigan
2018

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: A Critical Edition
Edited by John R. McKivigan, Peter P. Hinks, and Heather L. Kaufman
2016

The Heroic Slave: A Critical Edition
Edited by Robert S. Levine, John Stauffer, and John R. McKivigan
2015

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Two: Autobiographical Writings, Volume 3: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Edited by John R. Kaufman-McKivigan
2012

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 1: 1842-1852
Edited by John R. McKivigan
2009

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Two: Autobiographical Writings, Volume 2: My Bondage and My Freedom
Edited by John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan and Peter P. Hinks
2003

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Nota Bene Edition
Edited by John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, and Peter P. Hinks
2001

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Two: Autobiographical Writings, Volume 1: Narrative
Edited by John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan and Peter P. Hinks
1999

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series One: Speeches, Debates, and Interviews, Volume 5: 1881-95
Edited by John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, et al
1992

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series One: Speeches, Debates, and Interviews, Volume 4: 1864-80
Edited by John W. Blassingame and John R. McKivigan
1991

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series One: Speeches, Debates, and Interviews, Volume 3: 1855-63
Edited by John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, et al
1985

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series One: Speeches, Debates, and Interviews, Volume 2: 1847-54
Edited by John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, et al
1982

The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series One: Speeches, Debates, and Interviews, Volume 1: 1841-46
Edited by John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, et al
1979