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A 6 page discussion of the role Frederick Douglass played in the abolitionist movement. The
author describes the historical setting and ideology and identifies Douglass as one of the most visible and influential characters of the
nineteenth century. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Frederick Douglass is arguably one of the most visible and influential characters of the nineteenth century. An escaped slave, Douglass quickly made a name for himself speaking
out against the wrongs of slavery. He had learned to read while still a slave and, once he had escaped, carefully honed that skill along with his oratorical and
writing skills for use as a tool in the abolitionist movement (Mieder 331). The emotions and sentiments which were pent up inside Frederick Douglass led to his escape from
slavery as well as his accomplishments as one of the most notable black writers and speakers of all time (Mieder 331).
The predominant sentiment during times of slavery in the United States was that a slave was a being which was inferior to whites. The contention was that the black
slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost completely unaware that this position was anything less than that of his
white owners. We now recognize, of course, that nothing could be further from the truth. Frederick Douglass exemplifies again and again that not only did slaves have feelings,
they had the ability to be intellectually equivalent, if not superior, to those that they served. An examination of the narratives of Frederick
Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (published by the Anti-Slavery office in 1845) and his subsequent works, My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of
Frederick Douglass supports the contention presented above. In these works it is apparent that the contention that the black slave was an unfeeling animal-like being is untrue. Douglass
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