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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

But although they cantell you its history, though theycan depict its horrors, they cannot...

But although they can
tell you its history, though they
can depict its horrors, they cannot speak as I can,
from experience

Full Transcript

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But although they can tell you its history,
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though they can depict its horrors,
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they cannot speak as I can, from experience.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:28
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.
They cannot refer you to a back covered with scars as I can. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
They cannot refer you to a back covered with scars as I can.
I have suffered under the lash - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
I have suffered under the lash
My blood has sprung out - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
My blood has sprung out
I'm not from any of the states where slaves are said to be - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
I'm not from any of the states where slaves are said to...
Yet, I can stand here and relate atrocities - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
Yet, I can stand here and relate atrocities
I lived on the plantation of Colonel Lloyd - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
I lived on the plantation of Colonel Lloyd
He owned probably not less than a thousand slaves. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
He owned probably not less than a thousand slaves.
And I mention the name of the man - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:14
And I mention the name of the man
Yet for the sake of the cause of the sake of humanity, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
Yet for the sake of the cause of the sake of humanity,
For I have the gratification to know that if I shall fall - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:35
For I have the gratification to know that if I shall fall
What's interesting is I feel like - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
What's interesting is I feel like
In his early 20s, having to deliver this, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
In his early 20s, having to deliver this,
But at the same time, too, like, he's already suffered - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
But at the same time, too, like, he's already suffered
It was like something entered his body, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
It was like something entered his body,
It was so compelling, however, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
It was so compelling, however,
Roy: Once William Lloyd Garrison hears Douglass - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Roy: Once William Lloyd Garrison hears Douglass
The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Many came, no doubt, from curiosity - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:14
Many came, no doubt, from curiosity
(chuckles) - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
(chuckles)
Blight: Audiences loved this. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:43
Blight: Audiences loved this.