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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Frederick's goingto lift us up today." Fellow citizens,I am not wanting in respect for the...

Frederick's going
to lift us up today." Fellow citizens,
I am not wanting in respect for the Fathers
of this Republic

Full Transcript

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Frederick's going to lift us up today."
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Fellow citizens, I am not wanting in respect
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for the Fathers of this Republic.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:37
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.
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.
We need the storm, the whirlwind, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
We need the storm, the whirlwind,
The feeling of the nation must be roused. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
The feeling of the nation must be roused.
The propriety of the nation must be startled, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:16
The propriety of the nation must be startled,