#frederick douglass

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All the progress towards perfection ever made by mankind, and all the blessings which are now enjoyed, are ascribable to some brave and good man, who, catching the illumination of a heaven-born truth, has counted it a joy, precious and unspeakable, to toil, suffer, and often to die for the glorious realization of that heaven-born truth.

Frederick Douglass, "The American Apocalypse (1861)"

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The Abolitionist Dirty Break

Abolitionists waged war on the two party oligarchy. Jenna Grove suggests we can learn from their forgotten triumph.

"It's looming before us: the dark road ahead. A world choked by fires and floods, ashes and dust, hatred and death. Even the best of us are afraid to express hope. It’s out of style. Instead, we embrace dark irony and bitter laughter, dragging our feet through a life designed to crush our will. How can a small movement challenge the Leviathan? How can it find strength in its independence? How can it topple a power that seems omnipotent and achieve a revolution? In 2024, these tasks may seem hopelessly difficult to socialists in the United States. But defying the powerful has never been easy, and we will always have lessons to learn from our predecessors. One of the most important, yet also misunderstood, is the American abolitionist movement."

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What Frederick Douglass Said About Lincoln

Professors Lucas Morel and Jonathan White discuss what Frederick Douglass wrote and said about Abraham Lincoln based on newly discovered Douglass letters. The video’s description reads, “Authors Lucas Morel and Jonathan White discuss recently discovered letters from Frederick Douglass that allow historians to newly examine Douglass’s relationship with President Lincoln during the Civil War. This…

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It cannot be denied that the violent interference with the black man to prevent him from exercising the elective franchise in accordance with his own views is an abridgement of his freedom...

Frederick Douglass, "Give Us The Freedom Intended For Us (1872)"

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Frederick Douglass, 1879

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