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Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia," Douglass was one of the most prominent figures in African American history, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. His towering posture showed dignity and strength, and when he spoke...more
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
August 6th 2007
by Book Jungle
(first published January 1st 1994)
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This book offers a real window on a dark chapter of American history.
Douglass had personally experienced much suffering due to the intolerant racial attitudes held by so many white people at that time. He had felt the skin splitting sting of the plantation master’s whip and had witnessed people of his race being bought and sold just like so much furniture or livestock.
So he was understandably suspicious of white people. But Abraham Lincoln was one white person who not only enjoyed Douglass’ res...more
This book was fascinating. The events are shocking and even sometimes frightening to think about what Mr. Douglass went through. I enjoyed it, although at times it was a little dry and textbook like. He writes in a very matter of fact way.
Wonderful read.
Short and very accessible.
Short and very accessible.
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Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia", Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African-American history and United States history. In 1872, Douglass was nominated as the vice presidential candidate on the Equal Rights Party ticke...more
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“Such are the limitations of the human mind, and so thoroughly engrossing are the cares of common life, that only the few among men can discern through the glitter and dazzle of present prosperity the dark outlines of approaching disasters, even though they may have come up to our very gates, and are already within striking distance. The yawning seam and corroded bolt conceal their defects from the mariner until the storm calls all hands to the pumps. Prophets, indeed, were abundant before the war; but who cares for prophets while their predictions remain unfulfilled, and the calamities of which they tell are masked behind a blinding blaze of national prosperity?”
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