When Frederick Douglass addressed the audience with his speech, it was very emotional and straight from his heart. As we all know, he was a freed slave and mainly considered his “slavery” as not being able to read and write, until his white master’s wife taught him to do so. With Douglass becoming a freed man and moved up North to pursue the life he dreamed to live, all he wanted was for the rest of the African American slave population to be free as well. Douglass believed that everybody had the right to succeed in society; he never understood how our country was founded on freedom but not everybody was free. Throughout Frederick’s speech, he repeatedly would ask the crowd uncomfortable questions and somewhat “guilt-trap” the people, example being “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.
His refusal to give up and even die for the sake of this “holy cause” is very moving and brought people to oppose slavery. “All men are created equal” as stated in the Declaration of Independence was not entirely true and Garrison stood by that and the truths of divine revelation (Document E). Another important piece of literature that brought attention to life as a slave was a narrative from a slave himself, Frederick Douglass. Douglass was a former slave who fought with a white man who oversaw him. This specific fight made Douglass very eager for freedom.
I think the plot or lesson that the stories are trying to get across is that slavery was an extremely horrible thing. We are very lucky that slavery isn't around as much as it used to because all people are created equally, and everyone has their own rights. The part of the book that I found interesting was a story about a man after the Emancipation Proclamation was passed. Just for your information, the Emancipation Proclamation was a document that stated that
Frederick Douglass fights for his own rights in a way that makes bigger impact then violence and changed many peoples view on slavery. Douglass begins by telling us about his childhood and his first experiences with slavery. From a very young age Douglass is upset with the fact that he is not allowed to know his birthday but all the white boys knows theirs. He
From the beginning they were poorly treated, treated as though they were not real people, and had a sense that they would never actually be free in America. Americans found slaves invaluable and when they fought the war of 1812, southern plantations suffered dramatically. At the time of Douglas’ speech more slaves started to speak out and even violently act out against their enslavement. The abolitionist movement became very strong with slaves rebelling and white plantation owners fearing the loss of their slaves. Frederick Douglas helped them rise to power and was able to give them their own voice, their own beliefs but the last slaves were not freed until 13 years after Douglas speech in 1865.
Derrick Williams Prof. Sackley History 199 9/30/2011 “For my own part, I felt indifferent to my fate. It appeared to me that the worst had come (the separation of him and his family), that could come, and that no change of fortune could harm me.” Charles Ball was born into slavery. He encountered the same punishment and had to live the same hard and cruel life similar to any other slave. However, Balls story differs due to his never ending ambition to be active in his attempts to expose, change, and better the lives of slaves. As a young man, Ball was sold and separated from his wife and children to a slave trader.
It is here that I think Douglass makes another significant step, that is when he creates protections for himself and his clan, or as I like to think of it, their own declaration of independence from the slave community. But, like all things thus far in Douglass’s life, things fell through, and he suffered the mean hand of a relentless slave system. Although Douglas had burned his fake protection papers in order to save himself and his allies, the declaration was still clear in his mind. Like a true revolutionary, he stuck to it and eventually experienced life unrestrained by the horrid slave community in which he came from. It truly is amazing how much Douglass went through in order to experience life outside of his own community.
In the Oates approaching fury, I read about the abolitionists and the pro-slavery advocate in the mid 1800’s which were major factors in the Civil war. William Lloyd Garrison a white Bostonian who led one of the largest reform movements in the 1800’s. They believed that slavery was political and religious incorrect. In 1831 Garrison published his own abolitionist newspaper to promote his views on abolition of slavery in the south, called The Liberator. He attracted a lot more followers using nonviolent and non-aggressive as he assisted in organizing the Anti-Slavery Society.
1. Introduction : (a) Slavery was a cycle that took many years and much hard work to bring it its abolishment. (b) There were many abolitionists that didn’t mind the consequences their actions would bring them; they knew it was right to speak out again and for what they believed. 2. Body Paragraph 1: (a) The Underground Railroad was a unique helpful strategy that helped free many enslaved blacks into freedom.
These words had no meaning for the African slave. At this point in time, the Declaration of Independence was not intended for the African or Indian slave or anyone with any melon in their skin tone. George Washington owned 300 slaves and was practically raised by house slave. Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the declaration, owned nearly 200 slaves himself and had several children to them. He was in love with one of his slaves, her name was Sally Hemings, but still could not see her or their children free or equal.