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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).
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 ...
Slavery in America: From Colonial Times to the Civil War, An Eyewitness History. New York: Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-3863-5. Smith, Clint (2021). How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery across America. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316492935. National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2021 [5]
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 ...
What distinguished this convention from other anti-slavery meetings was the open letter titled "To American Slaves from those who have fled from American Slavery", [5]: 21 written, "it is said", by Gerrit Smith, who introduced it to the attendees; [26] [27] Smith's authorship was confirmed by Garrison in The Liberator. [28]
The book also analyzes arguments defending slavery. It was very influential in the formative days of the abolitionist movement. Harriet Beecher Stowe used American Slavery as It Is as the direct inspiration for her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which also became very influential in the movement to end slavery. Stowe went so far as to reportedly ...
Our religion compels us to confront our world’s history of slavery. It demands we acknowledge the horrors of our past, so we might repent and chart a path for a better tomorrow. Advertisement
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. The book ...