He recognized that he had put his faith in men and institutions over the higher power of destiny. What Douglass, a devout man ...

Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free ... Although disappointed, Frederick Douglass, found a bright side to the decision and announced, "my hopes were never brighter than now." ...

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has released new research on Dred and Harriet Scott, an enslaved couple who sued for their freedom. The Scott's case went to the Supreme Court in 1856 ...