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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

It would go down in history as the oratorical masterpiece of the entireabolitionist...

It would go down in history as the oratorical masterpiece of the entire
abolitionist movement

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It would go down in history
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as the oratorical masterpiece
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of the entire abolitionist movement.
Duration
10 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:58
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
McGee Media,Inkwell Media

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Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
Mr. President, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
Mr. President,
He who could address this audience - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
He who could address this audience
I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker
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,