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Frederick Douglass
Case File · Civil War Era

Frederick Douglass

1818–1895 · Civil War Era · World Leaders · Quotes
The Record

Born enslaved, Douglass freed himself and became the most photographed American of the 19th century — an orator and writer whose words made the case for abolition impossible to ignore.

The Contradiction

Schools quote him politely. He asked Americans, on the Fourth of July, what the holiday meant to a slave — and answered: a sham, a thin veil for crimes that would shame a nation of savages. He broke with allies who called the Constitution pro-slavery, insisting it could be turned into freedom's weapon.

The Doctrine

“Power concedes nothing without a demand — it never has and it never will.”

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