https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BPBGqxXyms Apr 27, 2020 Frederick Douglass was arguably the most influential abolitionist of the 19th century. A man that led a remarkable life rising from slavery to be the leading voice for freedom in America. A constant champion for equality his story is truly extraordinary. The Daily Bellringer Questions:
Why at the age of 16 was Frederick sent to another more brutal plantation?
Who was the abolitionist leader that urged Douglass to speak and share his story?
Douglass attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 which was a convention pushing for what?
After the Civil War did all states abide strictly by the new amendments added to the Constitution that outlawed discrimination?
How do you believe history might have been different if Frederick Douglass had never achieved freedom?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbrllQTaC4 Feb 8, 2021 Enjoy this throwback to our Civil War Trust days as Garry Adelman heads to the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, D.C. with the National Park Service for an overview of Douglass's life. American Battlefield Trust
https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=7936C23B-0A23-D071-3D8083E2A7A13B8D Feb 2, 2022 Frederick Douglass was courageous, brave, dynamic, intelligent, and authentic. His spirit lives on at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. Frederick Douglass NHS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsycFLL9U-w Feb 14, 2022 With the power of his voice, Frederick Douglass fought for and protected the values enshrined in the Constitution, including the right to vote for all Americans. Learn about his fight for voting rights and discover the impact he had on a nation. Subscribe to our YouTube to see all of our latest films: https://bit.ly/3AS50O9 As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker. The Federalist Society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j0jvj4e4XU May 7, 2010 Being a slave who had successfully escaped, Frederick Douglass was able to communicate the plight of slaves as no one else cold. Own America: The Story of Us on DVD or Blu-ray! HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su-4JBEIhXY Jan 26, 2010 Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass was born into slavery sometime around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women’s rights and Irish home rule. Among Douglass’ writings are several autobiographies eloquently describing his experiences in slavery and his life after the Civil War, including the well-known work Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. He died on February 20, 1895. Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tx5DZC3X1M Jan 7, 2013 After hearing Frederick Douglass speak at an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, an inspired William Lloyd encourages Douglass to join the abolitionist movement. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists" premieres January 8, 2013 at 9/8c on PBS. AmericanExperiencePBS Learn more: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/abolitionists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_51PZKPFJa8 Feb 15, 2021 Anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln did not agree on some of the most important issues facing the country before and during the Civil War. Douglass felt that Lincoln did too much to mollify the South and not enough to support the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and the civil rights of people of color. But they would gradually become friends, developing a relationship based on mutual respect. Center for Civic Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2IaKNA9Bk Feb 16, 2021 Frederick Douglass was a civil rights crusader. Although born into slavery, he escaped, learned to read and write, and became one of the era's most renowned orators. During his life, he wrote three autobiographies, traveled extensively denouncing the evils of slavery, and campaigned for equal rights for women. Center for Civic Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka0IRru-JYA Feb 8, 2020 After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass became a powerful anti-slavery speaker and author, and ultimately became the first African American to be nominated for Vice President. Find out more about his life in this mini biography. Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFNYW6EJi4 May 6, 2020 Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner, Laurence Fishburne, teaches about Frederick Douglass, one of the most famous intellectuals in the 19th century. HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCiXNg8wCJA Feb 18, 2022 Upon the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, many Americans thought that slavery had been abolished once and for all. Frederick Douglass, however, argued that “slavery is not abolished until the black man has the ballot.” His fight to secure the vote transformed not only the Constitution, but what it meant to be an American. ******* As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers. Featuring: - Prof. Lucas Morel, Washington and Lee University - Timothy Sandefur, Vice President for Litigation, Goldwater Institute - Prof. Bradley Rebeiro, Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School ******* Related Links & Differing Views: Notre Dame Law Review: “The Work Is Not Done: Frederick Douglass and Black Suffrage” https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4000774 | Missouri Law Review: “Frederick Douglass’ Constitution: From Garrisonian Abolitionist to Lincoln Republican” https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4194&context=mlr | Northwestern University Law Review: “The Superfluous Fifteenth Amendment” https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1410&context=nulr | Library of Congress: “What the Black Man Wants” https://www.loc.gov/item/92838824/ | The Atlantic: “Reconstruction, and an Appeal to Impartial Suffrage” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/02/reconstruction-and-an-appeal-to-impartial-suffrage/308806/ | House Divided: “Transcript, Meeting between President Andrew Johnson and a Delegation of African-Americans” https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/45144 | African American Intellectual History Society: “Frederick Douglass and the United States Constitution” https://www.aaihs.org/frederick-douglass-and-the-united-states-constitution The Federalist Society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqkSEjiBU-s Apr 3, 2020 Born into slavery as Frederick Douglass in 1818, this renowned lecturer and author would become one of the greatest public speakers of his time. After escaping slavery in 1838, Douglass joined the abolitionist movement. As a paid traveling lecturer, people everywhere laid their eyes on a freed, well-spoken black man. Douglass was a visionary well before his time. Ensuring his photo was taken everywhere he went, he hoped to utilize his imagery to humanize black people — enslaved and free — at home and abroad. He is now known as the most-photographed person of the 19th Century. Hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. — with additional commentary from Deborah Willis of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, John Stauffer Harvard University, Rhae Lynn Barnes of Princeton University, and David Blight of Yale University — we celebrate the legacy of Frederick Douglass who advocated for freedom and equality until his passing in 1895. Black History in Two Minutes or so
https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/index.html provides an overview that showcases Frederick Douglass' life at Cedar Hill, Anacostia, Southeast Washington, D.C., his last home. He lived here from 1878 until his death in 1895. His home provided the backdrop to his active political and warm family life.
https://www.nps.gov/frdo/learn/historyculture/frederickdouglass.htm Apr 5, 2024 "He became the most important leader of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during which he gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. He wrote three autobiographies, describing his experiences as an enslaved person in his first, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), which became a bestseller and was influential in promoting the cause of abolition." Slavery and Escape, The Abolotionist Movement, Woman Suffrage, Civil War and Reconstruction, and Post-Reconstruction and Death. National Park Service
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BPBGqxXyms Apr 27, 2020 Frederick Douglass was arguably the most influential abolitionist of the 19th century. A man that led a remarkable life rising from slavery to be the leading voice for freedom in America. A constant champion for equality his story is truly extraordinary. The Daily Bellringer Questions:
Why at the age of 16 was Frederick sent to another more brutal plantation?
Who was the abolitionist leader that urged Douglass to speak and share his story?
Douglass attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 which was a convention pushing for what?
After the Civil War did all states abide strictly by the new amendments added to the Constitution that outlawed discrimination?
How do you believe history might have been different if Frederick Douglass had never achieved freedom?
If “the eyes are the windows to our souls” what do his eyes tell you? How does this photograph of Frederick Douglas make you feel?
What adjectives would you use to describe Frederick Douglas?
Why is Frederick Douglas considered one of the most important influential African American leaders in history?
How does he continue his legacy still today?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X81fJsU0wYs Jul 5, 2020 Contributor Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker magazine explores abolitionist orator Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" which is recited today on Independence Day as a powerful affirmation of the right of liberty for all people, and of the promise of America. CBS Sunday Morning