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14. Juni 2024 · Frederick Douglass was introduced to the idea of universal human rights after traveling to Ireland and meeting with Irish nationalist leaders.
17. Juni 2024 · Walking through the city’s Highland Park, Julien was drawn to an eight-foot bronze statue of Frederick Douglass, the visionary African American abolitionist who liberated himself from slavery in 1838. It was created by Stanley W. Edwards and unveiled in 1899, four years after Douglass’s death.
Vor 2 Tagen · In January 1846, Douglass left Ireland to lecture in Scotland and England. While there, he became homesick, longing to see his family again. A group of Irish and British women provided a solution. They raised the money and completed the legal process to purchase Douglass’ freedom. Abolitionist Frederick Douglass in 1880.
18. Juni 2024 · Frederick Douglass’s fluid, changeable sense of his own life story is reflected in the many conflicting accounts he gave of key events and relationships during his journey from slavery to freedom. Nevertheless, when these differing self-presentations are put side by side and consideration is given individually to their rhetorical strategies and historical moment, what emerges is a ...
Vor 4 Tagen · A decade after his escape from slavery, Frederick Douglass sent a letter to his former owner. In this document, he lamented that slavery was a condition that he dreaded more than death.
5. Juni 2024 · Description. Frederick Douglass, Jr., son of Frederick Douglass, compiled this scrapbook, which contains numerious newspaper and magazine clippings, along with correspondence and geneological notes.
17. Juni 2024 · Douglass’ primary motive for traveling to the United Kingdom in August 1845 was to avoid being returned to enslavement. Seven years earlier, Douglass declared himself free. But under American law, he was still designated as a “fugitive slave” and, therefore, could be captured at any time.
