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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Garrisonians will beIt's as if he thought aboutit while he was in England. "How can I...

Blight:
Garrisonians will be
extremely angry about this. Gates:
It's as if he thought about
it while he was in England. "How can I declare
my independence?

Full Transcript

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Blight: Garrisonians will be extremely angry about this.
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Gates: It's as if he thought about it while he was in England.
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"How can I declare my independence?
Duration
11 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:48
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
McGee Media,Inkwell Media

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Movie Summary

Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
How can I show I'm a man?" - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:15
How can I show I'm a man?"
He could command crowds of thousands. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:17
He could command crowds of thousands.
He wrote millions of words, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:22
He wrote millions of words,
Frederick Douglass had a wife? What? - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Frederick Douglass had a wife? What?
Why don't we know anything about her? Who was she? - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Why don't we know anything about her? Who was she?
But she tended to stay in the kitchen area - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:21
But she tended to stay in the kitchen area
There's one letter he writes to a friend, a woman friend, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:20
There's one letter he writes to a friend, a woman frien...
And by the time I am home, a week or two longer, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
And by the time I am home, a week or two longer,
Keita: They were married 44 years, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:34
Keita: They were married 44 years,
Too many times, scholars, both Black and white, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:17
Too many times, scholars, both Black and white,
I think the more human - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
I think the more human
almost incapacity, at times, under the pressure. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:15
almost incapacity, at times, under the pressure.
I am beginning to look upon a journey - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
I am beginning to look upon a journey
Blight: In the early 1850s, it's clear to me - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:18
Blight: In the early 1850s, it's clear to me
In the summer of 1852, when he was 34 years old, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
In the summer of 1852, when he was 34 years old,
Morris, Jr.: He was invited to speak - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
Morris, Jr.: He was invited to speak
Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York.
"But, I'm going to speak beyond Corinthian Hall. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
"But, I'm going to speak beyond Corinthian Hall.
I'm going to speak to the country." - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
I'm going to speak to the country."
He tells us that in a letter, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
He tells us that in a letter,