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Morris, Jr.: He was invited to speak
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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He was invited to speak at the Ladies'Anti-Slavery Society about Independence Day

Morris, Jr.:
He was invited to speak at the Ladies'
Anti-Slavery Society about Independence Day

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Morris, Jr.: He was invited to speak
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at the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society
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about Independence Day.
Duration
7 seconds
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48
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:30
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.
Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York.
"But, I'm going to speak beyond Corinthian Hall. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
"But, I'm going to speak beyond Corinthian Hall.
I'm going to speak to the country." - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
I'm going to speak to the country."
He tells us that in a letter, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
He tells us that in a letter,
It would go down in history - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
It would go down in history
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