BY WALTER OPINDE
Born into slavery in 1818 on the eastern shores of Maryland, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was the son of an enslaved woman and an unknown white man. He was enslaved for twenty years in the city households in Baltimore and on Maryland farms. In 1838, he fled northwards and changed his name to Frederick Douglass. Douglass was highly active in the abolitionist movement and became one of its greatest leaders. He gave numerous speeches about his life as an enslaved man and the atrociousness of the institution. He also published his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in 1845, which further strengthened anti-slavery efforts. During the Civil War, Frederick met with President Abraham Lincoln and encouraged African-American people to take their freedom by fighting for the Union Army.
The autobiography became a bestseller, and was influential in promoting the cause of abolition, as was his second book, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855). After the Civil War, Douglass remained an active campaigner against slavery and wrote his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. First published in 1881 and revised in 1892, three years before his death, it covered events during and after the Civil War. Douglass also actively supported women’s suffrage and held several public offices. Without his approval, Douglass became the first African-American nominated for Vice President of the United States as the running mate and Vice Presidential nominee of Victoria Woodhull, on the Equal Rights Party ticket.
Frederick Douglass was a revered African-American leader. In 1874 he arrived in Lafayette Square as the newly appointed president of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, a bank chartered by Congress in 1865 to safeguard the savings of African-American Civil War veterans and former slaves. When Douglass saw the Freedman’s Bank building for the first time, he compared the experience to the way the Queen of Sheba, an African queen, felt upon seeing the riches of King Solomon. Douglass wrote, “The whole thing was beautiful, I felt like the Queen of Sheba when she saw the riches of Solomon, that ‘half had not been told me’.”
Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all peoples, whether black, female, Native American or recent immigrant. He was also a believer in dialogues and making alliances across racial and ideological divides and in the liberal values of the U.S. Constitution. When radical abolitionists, under the motto “No Union With Slaveholders”, criticized Douglass’ willingness to dialogue with slave owners, he famously replied: “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
Frederick Douglass was doing an amazing job and deserved further recognition. That was the idea that dawned on Republican President Benjamin Harrison soon after he took up residence in the White House. As such, in June 1889, he chose Douglass as the next U.S. Minister Resident and Consul General to Haiti.
Read more of the story via:
http://www.aaihs.org/frederick-douglass-haiti-and-diplomacy/
https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/visionary.html
Sources
Jacobs, H. and Appiah, K. (2004). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Paperback, pp. 42.
53 Comments
Thanks for the points you have discussed here. Another thing I would like to talk about is that laptop memory needs generally rise along with other breakthroughs in the technologies. For instance, whenever new generations of cpus are introduced to the market, there is certainly usually a related increase in the shape calls for of both personal computer memory and also hard drive room. This is because the program operated simply by these cpus will inevitably surge in power to benefit from the new technological innovation.
This information is priceless. When can I find out more?
Spot on with this write-up, I seriously believe that this site needs a great
deal more attention. I’ll probably be back again to read through more,
thanks for the advice!
Thanks for any other informative site. Where else could I am getting that kind of info written in such
a perfect manner? I have a challenge that I’m just now running on, and I have been on the look out
for such information.
Very descriptive post, I enjoyed that bit. Will there be a part 2?
I like the helpful information you provide in your articles.
I will bookmark your blog and check once more right here frequently.
I’m somewhat certain I will be informed a lot of new stuff
right here! Good luck for the next!
I am glad to be one of the visitors on this great website (:, appreciate it for posting .
Wow, this paragraph is good, my sister is analyzing these things, thus I am going to convey her.
Cheers, here from yahoo, i enjoyng this, i will come back soon.
Very interesting points you have remarked, appreciate it for putting up.
Cheers, great stuff, Me like.
I dugg some of you post as I thought they were very beneficial invaluable
I must say, as a lot as I enjoyed reading what you had to say, I couldnt help but lose interest after a while.
I conceive you have mentioned some very interesting details , appreciate it for the post.
I like this website its a master peace ! Glad I found this on google .
I really got into this article. I found it to be interesting and loaded with unique points of view.
Very interesting points you have remarked, appreciate it for putting up.
Just wanna input on few general things, The website layout is perfect, the articles is very superb : D.
Cheers, great stuff, I like.
Some truly good article on this web site , appreciate it for contribution.
Enjoyed examining this, very good stuff, thanks .
Found this on yahoo and I’m happy I did. Well written web.
I must say, as a lot as I enjoyed reading what you had to say, I couldnt help but lose interest after a while.
This does interest me
I’m impressed, I have to admit. Genuinely rarely should i encounter a weblog that’s both educative and entertaining, and let me tell you, you may have hit the nail about the head. Your idea is outstanding; the problem is an element that insufficient persons are speaking intelligently about. I am delighted we came across this during my look for something with this.
I am glad to be one of the visitors on this great website (:, appreciate it for posting .
I like this site because so much useful stuff on here : D.
Hi, i think that i noticed you visited my blog thus i got here to go back the favor?.I am attempting to in finding things to enhance my
site!I guess its good enough to use a few of your concepts!!
I have interest in this, thanks.
stays on topic and states valid points. Thank you.
I consider something really special in this site.
Good post. Thanks.
Greetings from Los angeles! I’m bored to tears at work so I decided to browse your blog on my iphone during lunch break.
I love the knowledge you provide here and can’t wait to take a look when I get home.
I’m amazed at how quick your blog loaded on my cell phone ..
I’m not even using WIFI, just 3G .. Anyhow, excellent blog!
I enjoying, will read more. Cheers!
I love reading through and I believe this website got some genuinely utilitarian stuff on it! .
Some truly great article on this web site , appreciate it for contribution.
Thank You for this.
google got me here. Thanks!
Hi this is somewhat of off topic but I was wanting to know if blogs use WYSIWYG editors or if you have to
manually code with HTML. I’m starting a blog soon but have no coding experience so I wanted to get guidance from someone with experience.
Any help would be enormously appreciated!
I truly enjoy looking through on this web site , it holds superb content .
Thanks for any other excellent post. The place else may anybody get that kind of info in such an ideal means of writing?
I have a presentation next week, and I am at
the look for such information.
Levitra Packungsgro?Enverordnung Purchasing Propecia Pharmacy Esomeprazole Canada Online [url=http://kamagorder.com][/url] Livraison Cialis En 24 Heures Acheter Du Kamagra What Cephalexin Prescribed For
Respect to website author , some wonderful entropy.
I conceive you have mentioned some very interesting details , appreciate it for the post.
Its like you read my mind! You appear to know so much about
this, like you wrote the book in it or something.
I think that you could do with a few pics to drive the message home
a bit, but other than that, this is magnificent blog.
An excellent read. I will definitely be back.
Enjoyed reading through this, very good stuff, thankyou .
Hello my loved one! I want to say that this article is amazing,
nice written and come with almost all important infos. I would like to look extra posts like this .
I conceive you have mentioned some very interesting details , appreciate it for the post.
naturally like your web site but you need to check the spelling on several of your posts.
Several of them are rife with spelling issues and I in finding it very troublesome
to tell the truth nevertheless I will certainly
come again again.
Online Coupon For Prevacid cialis for sale Levitra Bayer Posologia
Like!! I blog quite often and I genuinely thank you for your information. The article has truly peaked my interest.
Generic Levitra In The Usa Single Dosing Of Amoxicillin For Gonorrhea Cialis 2.5 Mg Daily Use online pharmacy Can You Buy Diflucan Online
I conceive this web site holds some real superb information for everyone : D.