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Garrison was likewise impressed with Douglass and wrote of him in the liberator. Several days later, Douglass delivered his first speech at the Massachusetts anti-slavery society’s annual convention in Nantucket. Then 23 years old, Douglass conquered his nervousness and gave an eloquent speech ...
Frederick Douglass Quotes On Human Rights “I will unite with anyone to do good, but with no one to do harm.”–Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Best Quotes “The destiny of the colored American … is the destiny of America.”–Frederick Douglass “I would unite with anybody to do righ...
Frederick Douglass Speech- What to the slave is the Fourth of July? Frederick Douglass was the most famous African-American leader of the 1800s. In 1852, the prominent citizens of Rochester, USA, asked him to speak at their Fourth of July festivities. Here’s what he said. “Fellow citize...
(12) Frederick Douglass, speech at thePhiladelphia I am one of those who believe that it is the mission of this war to free every slave in the United States. I am one of those who believe that we should consent to no peace which shall not be an Abolition peace. I am, moreover, on...
Indeed, Douglass knew, as he argued so ardently in his famed 1852 July Fourth speech, that for democracy to thrive, the nation’s conscience must be roused, its propriety startled and its hypocrisy exposed. Not once, but continually and for the good of the nation, he argued, we must brin...
Frederick Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave mother, Harriet Bailey, and an unknown white man, on Maryland’s eastern shore. His date of birth is unknown but February 1818 is the generally accepted date. Mother and son were the property of Aaron "Captain Anthony...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) , the earliest of the three autobiographies written by Douglass, provides us with important clues to clarify his twenty years of slavery in Maryland. Partly to convince those who, listening to his eloquent speech, doubted that he had indeed bee...
Douglass travels to Ireland and cements an international rapport as the most eloquent African American of his time. 1851 Legacy Douglass addresses a crowd in Rochester and gives his iconic speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" 1892 Death Frederick Douglass dies of a heart attack...
FrederickDouglass,wasbornasaslaveinTalbotCounty,Maryland,betweenHillsboroandCordova.Theidentityofhisfatherisobscure.Douglassoriginallystatedthathewastoldhisfatherwasawhiteman. www.themegallery.com Speech TheChurchandPrejudice"Self-MadeMen"SpeechatNationalHall,PhiladelphiaJuly6,1863forthePromotionof...