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Jul 4, 2023 · On Monday, July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a speech to the “ Ladies of the Rochester Anti-Slavery Sewing Society, ” which arguably became his most famous public oration. Rather than a celebration of the Independence Day holiday, Douglass asked an obvious, simple and damning question: What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass Jr. (March 3, 1842 – July 26, 1892) was the second son of Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna Murray Douglass. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts , he was an abolitionist , essayist , newspaper editor , and an official recruiter of African-American soldiers for the United States Union Army during the American Civil War .
In 1881, Douglass published his third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, which took a long view of his life's work, the nation's progress, and the work left to do. Although the nation had made great strides during Reconstruction, there was still injustice and a basic lack of freedom for many Americans.
Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had traveled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time, Douglass ...
Da Frederick Douglass als Kind einer Sklavin, Harriet Bailey, zur Welt kam, wurde sein genaues Geburtsdatum nirgendwo festgehalten. Er selbst konnte sein ungefähres Alter nur schätzen, da er seinen Sklavenhalter 1835 sagen hörte, er sei um die 17 Jahre alt. Er erinnerte sich später, dass seine Mutter ihn „Little Valentine“ genannt hatte, und feierte seinen Geburtstag daher am 14.
Jun 11, 2024 · Frederick Douglass American Hero: And International Icon of the Nineteenth Century. Xlibris Corporation. p. 144 I dwell mostly upon the religious aspects, because I believe it is the religious people who are to be relied upon in this Anti-Slavery movement .
Douglass, Frederick (1808[sic]-1895) Black leader. Frederick Douglass was the most important black American leader of the 19th century. He was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, in Talbot County, on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1808[sic], the son of a slave woman, and in all likelihood, her white master.
