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Douglass argued that the Three-Fifths Clause "deprives [slave] States of two-fifths of their natural basis of representation"; that the Migration or Importation Clause allowed Congress to end the importation of slaves from Africa in 1808; that the Fugitive Slave Clause does not apply to slaves but rather to "Person[s] held to Service or Labour ...
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).
Frederick Douglass, a notable participant and budding abolitionist, [9] was one of the vice presidents of the convention. He served as the delegate for Massachusetts and was on the committee for resolution 10. Unlike Henry Garnet, Frederick Douglass argued against the use of physical force [4]
Douglass' speech has messages still relevant today, said Cedric Arno, political action chair and former president of the NAACP Worcester. Arno began the readings in 2009 and said the event has ...
Crummell argued for the establishment of a college for black men to help avoid discrimination. Douglass and Garnet argued against the self enforced segregation and stated that there was no need for the creation of the college. When debating the causes of slavery Garnet and Douglass had a disagreement over the why the South continued to practice it.
", Frederick Douglass cites the Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 left behind by James Madison in order to describe four provisions of the Constitution that are said to be pro-slavery. In examining the history of how the clauses were debated and structured, he argues either that they are not pro-slavery or that they do not ...
As an essay in National Geographic reminds us, “Some of the most important works of history are first person, from accounts by Frederick Douglass and Marie Curie to Charles Darwin and Anne Frank ...
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.