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Douglass used the allegory of the "man from another country" during the speech, [7] arguing that abolitionists should take a moment to examine the plainly written text of the Constitution instead of secret meanings, saying, "It is not whether slavery existed ... at the time of the adoption of the Constitution" nor that "those slaveholders, in their hearts, intended to secure certain advantages ...
A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. Douglass, Frederick (2003). Stauffer, John (ed.). My Bondage and My Freedom: Part I – Life as a Slave, Part II – Life as a Freeman, with an introduction by James McCune Smith. New York: Random House. Douglass, Frederick (1994).
WORCESTER ― The words of abolitionist Frederick Douglass' famed 1852 address, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" rung out through Worcester Common on Thursday afternoon, read by dozens ...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass comprises eleven chapters that recount Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man. It contains two introductions by well-known white abolitionists : a preface by William Lloyd Garrison and a letter by Wendell Phillips , both arguing for the veracity of the account and the ...
PragerU video draws backlash for depicting Frederick Douglass in an animation calling slavery a compromise between the Founding Fathers and the Southern colonies for the benefit of the U.S.
Douglass passed in 1895, but his life and work played a significant role in shaping the discourse on slavery, freedom and civil rights in the United States. Honor his legacy with 45 Frederick ...
Frederick Douglass and the White Negro is a 2008 American-Irish documentary telling the story of ex-slave, abolitionist, writer and politician Frederick Douglass and his anti-slavery lecture tour in Ireland in 1845 while avoiding capture as a fugitive in the United States. [1] [2] It is often shown on national television in the U.S. [2]
Frederick Douglass, from the 1855 frontispiece. My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass and is mainly an expansion of his first, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.