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David Blight:
Baltimore made it possible
for Douglass to dream and imagine. He sees the world come into
the harbor of Baltimore, this maritime capital, and he can begin to imagine
that there's a world outside. Morris, Jr.:
But what happened,
most importantly, when he got there,
his slave mistress didn't know that it was
illegal to teach him
Baltimore made it possible
for Douglass to dream and imagine. He sees the world come into
the harbor of Baltimore, this maritime capital, and he can begin to imagine
that there's a world outside. Morris, Jr.:
But what happened,
most importantly, when he got there,
his slave mistress didn't know that it was
illegal to teach him
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David Blight:
Baltimore made it possible
for Douglass
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to dream and imagine.
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He sees the world come into
the harbor of Baltimore,
00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:11.625
this maritime capital,
00:00:11.708 --> 00:00:15.167
and he can begin to imagine
that there's a world outside.
00:00:15.025 --> 00:00:17.998
Morris, Jr.:
But what happened,
most importantly,
00:00:17.167 --> 00:00:19.005
when he got there,
his slave mistress
00:00:19.583 --> 00:00:21.005
didn't know that it was
illegal to teach him.
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Movie Summary
Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.