Editing Frederick Douglass (section)

=== Literature ===
* The 1946 novel ''A Star Pointed North'' by [[Edmund Fuller]] presents an account of Douglass's life.<ref>Carson, Saul. November 3, 1946. "Negro's Apotheosis." ''[[The New York Times Book Review|New York Times Book Review]]''. pp. 7, 36.</ref>
* [[Terry Bisson]]'s ''[[Fire on the Mountain (1988 novel)|Fire on the Mountain]]'' (1988) is an [[alternate history|alternate-history]] novel in which [[John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry]] succeeded and, instead of the Civil War, the Black slaves emancipated themselves in a massive [[Slave rebellion|slave revolt]]. In this history, Frederick Douglass and [[Harriet Tubman]] are the revered founders of a Black state created in the [[Deep South]].
* Douglass is a major character in the novel ''[[How Few Remain]]'' (1997) by [[Harry Turtledove]], depicted in an [[alternate history]] in which the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] won the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and Douglass must continue his anti-slavery campaign into the 1880s.
* Douglass appears in ''[[Flashman and the Angel of the Lord]]'' (1994) by [[George MacDonald Fraser]].
* Douglass, his wife, and his alleged mistress, [[Ottilie Assing]], are the main characters in [[Jewell Parker Rhodes]]' ''Douglass' Women'' (New York: [[Atria Books]], 2002).
* Douglass is the protagonist of Richard Bradbury's novel ''Riversmeet'' (Muswell Press, 2007), a fictionalized account of Douglass's 1845 speaking tour of the [[British Isles]].<ref>Olende, Ken. December 1, 2007. "[http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13625 Frederick Douglass and 'Riversmeet': connecting 19th century struggles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816102310/http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13625 |date=August 16, 2008 }}." ''[[Socialist Worker]]''.</ref>
* Douglass's time in Ireland is fictionalized in [[Colum McCann]]'s ''[[TransAtlantic (novel)|TransAtlantic]]'' (2013).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wagner |first=Erica |author-link=Erica Wagner |date=June 20, 2013 |title=Cross Over 'TransAtlantic,' by Colum McCann |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/books/review/transatlantic-by-colum-mccann.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627073150/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/books/review/transatlantic-by-colum-mccann.html |archive-date=June 27, 2013}}</ref>
* A comedic representation of Douglass is made in [[James McBride (writer)|James McBride]]'s 2013 novel ''[[The Good Lord Bird]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyons, Joel |date=August 21, 2013 |title=James McBride on 'The Good Lord Bird' |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/2013/08/james-mcbride-on-the-good-lord-bird |url-status=live |access-date=September 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825031345/http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/2013/08/james-mcbride-on-the-good-lord-bird |archive-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>
* In 2019, author [[David W. Blight]] was awarded a [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] for ''[[Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Pulitzer Prizes | website=The Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/david-w-blight}}</ref>
* Douglass features as a character in [[Sara Sheridan]]'s 2024 novel, ''The Secrets of Blythswood Square'', set in 1846 in Glasgow.