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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I do not remember everto have appeared as a speaker before an assemblymore shrinkingly nor...

I do not remember ever
to have appeared as a speaker before an assembly
more shrinkingly nor with greater distrust
of my ability than I do this day

Full Transcript

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I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker
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before an assembly more shrinkingly
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nor with greater distrust of my ability
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than I do this day.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:39
Uploaded
Mar 30, 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 papers and placards say that I am to deliver - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
The papers and placards say that I am to deliver
Fact is, ladies and gentlemen, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Fact is, ladies and gentlemen,
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,