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Hace 16 horas · La administración de castigos y los actos de crueldad no estaban restringidos a los amos; sus esposas también participaban en esos hechos. Frederick Douglass cuenta el caso de la esposa del plantador Giles Hicks, quien «asesinó a la prima de mi mujer, una muchacha de unos quince o dieciséis años de edad […]. Artículo recomendado
Hace 5 días · May 26, 2024. Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, emerged from the shackles of slavery to become one of the most influential African American leaders of the 19th century. His unwavering dedication to the abolitionist cause and his remarkable eloquence as an orator and writer left an indelible mark on ...
Hace 4 días · El Día de los Caídos comenzó como una forma de honrar a los soldados que murieron en la Guerra Civil estadounidense en la que murieron más de 600,000 miembros del servicio entre1861 y 1865 que cobró la vida de la mayor cantidad de personal militar estadounidense en la historia. Ahora, la festividad se celebra para recordar a las tropas ...
Hace 1 día · Julien underscores that language was a powerful tool for Douglass. “I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing.” 5 This reflection from Douglass’s 1845 autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave comes alive powerfully in a voiceover by Fearon as the screens momentarily go dark in Lessons of the Hour.
Hace 1 día · Frederick Douglass spent his life fighting for justice and equality. Born into slavery in 1818, he escaped as a young man and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. People everywhere still find inspiration today in his tireless struggle, brilliant words, and inclusive vision of humanity.
Hace 3 días · The movement to abolish slavery in the mid-1800s provided a way for disenfranchised black men and women, such as the eloquent Frederick Douglass and Maria Stewart, as well as white women, to speak and organize publically.
Hace 4 días · Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave, a leader of the anti-slavery movement in the North, editor of the abolitionist newspaper The North Star and, after the Civil War, a diplomat for the U.S. government. This excerpt is from an address on West India Emancipation, delivered August 4, 1857.
