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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

"If you can't solvethis problem of slavery, there will be no America." ♪ ♪ I do not...

"If you can't solve
this problem of slavery, there will be no America." ♪ ♪ I do not despair
of this country

Full Transcript

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"If you can't solve this problem of slavery,
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there will be no America."
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♪ ♪
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I do not despair of this country.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:00
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.
There are forces in operation - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
There are forces in operation
We don't hear a lot about people - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
We don't hear a lot about people
You know, he's a Black man in that period, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
You know, he's a Black man in that period,
He has to be extremely savvy - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
He has to be extremely savvy
And he does it really effectively and beautifully. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
And he does it really effectively and beautifully.
Gates: Douglass knew that an argument - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:11
Gates: Douglass knew that an argument
And, he knocked it out of the park. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
And, he knocked it out of the park.
Roy: The Civil War began when Douglass was - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:16
Roy: The Civil War began when Douglass was
Blight: The war brings about - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
Blight: The war brings about
Douglass saw it as finally, finally, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:17
Douglass saw it as finally, finally,
(wind blowing) - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:38
(wind blowing)
He's on the circuit speaking, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
He's on the circuit speaking,
He's trying to light fires under Republicans, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
He's trying to light fires under Republicans,
The first of January 1863, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
The first of January 1863,
This proclamation changed everything. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:15
This proclamation changed everything.
They couldn't up until then. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:14
They couldn't up until then.
There are certain great national acts, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:18
There are certain great national acts,
But I hold that the proclamation, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:20
But I hold that the proclamation,
That paper proclamation must now be made iron, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
That paper proclamation must now be made iron,
I know it is said the Negroes won't fight, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
I know it is said the Negroes won't fight,