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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Fact is, ladies and gentlemen, the distancebetween this platform and the slave...

Fact is, ladies and gentlemen, the distance
between this platform and the slave plantation
from which I escaped is considerable

Full Transcript

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Fact is, ladies and gentlemen,
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the distance between this platform
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and the slave plantation from which I escaped
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is considerable.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:59
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.
And the difficulties to be overcome - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
And the difficulties to be overcome
The first movement, fairly short, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:17
The first movement, fairly short,
Frederick's going to lift us up today." - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Frederick's going to lift us up today."
The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave me...
But they preferred revolution - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
But they preferred revolution
And then, the whole middle movement of the symphony - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
And then, the whole middle movement of the symphony
"You invited me here to sing for you, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
"You invited me here to sing for you,
Mark the sad procession - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
Mark the sad procession
Hear his savage yells and his blood-chilling oaths - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
Hear his savage yells and his blood-chilling oaths
See the forms of women rudely and brutally exposed - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
See the forms of women rudely and brutally exposed
What do I or those I represent have to do - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
What do I or those I represent have to do
Are the great principles of political freedom - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Are the great principles of political freedom
What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
What to the American slave is your Fourth of July?
I answer a day that reveals to him, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
I answer a day that reveals to him,
To him, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
To him,
Your national greatness, swelling vanity. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
Your national greatness, swelling vanity.
The existence of slavery in this country - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
The existence of slavery in this country
Had I the ability and could I reach the nation's ear, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:17
Had I the ability and could I reach the nation's ear,
For it is not light that is needed, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
For it is not light that is needed,
It is not the gentle shower, but thunder. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
It is not the gentle shower, but thunder.