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Frederick Douglass in 1856, around 38 years of age "The Constitution of the United States: is it pro-slavery or anti-slavery?" is a speech that Frederick Douglass gave on March 26, 1860, in Glasgow, in which he rejected arguments made by slaveholders as well as by fellow abolitionists as to the nature and meaning of the United States ...
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick ... "Is the United States Constitution For or Against Slavery". ... and briefly conveyed several arguments of the convention and ...
Douglass, Frederick (1845). 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 forced the nation to come face to face with the “immeasurable distance” that separated free whites and enslaved Black people 76 years after the country’s independence, nearly 11 ...
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.
From important lines about free speech and moral growth to powerful statements about rebellion and slavery, read on. Related: 120 Inspiring Quotes for Black History Month. 45 Frederick Douglass ...
In his 1860 speech "The Constitution of the United States: is it pro-slavery or anti-slavery?", 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 ...
This was one of the most heavily-discussed and controversial resolutions. In the end, it did not pass. Henry Garnet and Frederick Douglass had different points of view: Henry Garnett’s speech advocated for slaves to up rise against their masters, [6] whereas Frederick Douglass countered that peaceful methods were the best solution. When the ...