Fredrick Douglass Role On Slavery (Town Hall)

 Bio 

I am Frederick Douglass, original name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, born February 1818, in Talbot county, Maryland, U.S. and escaped from slavery to New York City in 1838, later settling in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He then became a famous African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author. He later died February 20th, 1895, in  Washington, D.C. 

Things He Said 

 One of Douglass’s many speeches, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” was perhaps one of the most well-known. He detailed his signature positions in the U.S. Constitution that slavery is contrary to natural law, that blacks are self-evidently human and entitled to natural rights, and that slavery is inconsistent with the Constitution, American Republicanism, and Christian doctrine, and that it should be forcefully resisted. Frederick Douglass would continue to write books and give speeches to help inspire and hope to show the wrongs of slavery and the effects of slavery.  Frederick Douglass would continue to give speeches to help inspire and hope to show the wrongs of slavery and the effects of slavery. In many speeches Frederick Douglass would emphasize the declaration of independence and freedom among the people.

Things He Wrote 

Throughout Frederick Douglass' life he published three autobiographies. The first autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, this pushed him to fame and initiated the abolitionist movement. However, with his identity known and in danger of being returned to slavery, he fled to Great Britain. Frederick Douglass would continue to write books to help inspire and hope to show the wrongs of slavery and the effects of slavery. In many books Frederick Douglass would include teachings about self-determination and courage. 

 

His Part Over Slavery 

Frederick Douglass had a huge role in abolishing slavery. In 1861, the nation erupted into civil war over the issue of slavery. Frederick Douglass worked to make sure that emancipation would be one of the war's outcomes. He recruited Black men to fight in the U.S. Army, including two of his own sons, who served in the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He wrote books and gave speeches that helped spread the word towards slavery and have people fight along his side. He was able to travel and deliver speeches, distribute pamphlets and get subscribers to the Liberator. He traveled the country for four years until 1845 when he found himself in a dangerous situation as a fugitive slave. He met with Abraham Lincoln to advocate for African American troops and to enlighten Lincoln to see the war as a chance to transform history. The war aims to include emancipation of the nation's four million slaves. During the end of the Civil War, Douglass moved from Rochester to Washington, D.C., eventually buying his home at Cedar Hill. He served as the U.S. Marshall for the District of Columbia, the District's Registrar of Deeds, and the U.S. Minister to Haiti and Charge affair's to the Dominican Republic. He soon continued to work to expand civil rights in the United States country until his death in 1895. 

Links 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/frederick-douglass-and-civil-war.htm#:~:text=He%20recruited%20African%20Americans%20to,higher%20purpose%20to%20the%20war. 

http://www.frederick-douglass-heritage.org/abolitionist-movement/#:~:text=Douglass%20joined%20the%20American%20Anti,situation%20as%20a%20fugitive%20slave. 

https://www.loc.gov/collections/frederick-douglass-papers/about-this-collection/ 

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frederick-douglass/#:~:text=Secondary%20Literature-,1.,ungodly%2C%20immoral%2C%20and%20unjust. 

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1852-frederick-douglass-what-slave-fourth-july/#:~:text=The%20rich%20inheritance%20of%20justice,may%20rejoice%2C%20I%20must%20mourn. 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass