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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

My great and exceeding joy overthese stupendous achievements was slightly tingedwith a...

My great and exceeding joy over
these stupendous achievements was slightly tinged
with a feeling of sadness. The anti-slavery platform
had performed its work, and my voice
was no longer needed. He thought, "Well, who'll wanna
hear from me anymore?

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My great and exceeding joy over these stupendous achievements
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was slightly tinged with a feeling of sadness.
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The anti-slavery platform had performed its work,
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and my voice was no longer needed.
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He thought, "Well, who'll wanna hear from me anymore?
Duration
19 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:46
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.
Slavery's ended." - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Slavery's ended."
But all he had to do, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:44
But all he had to do,
Blight: It is Reconstruction - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:16
Blight: It is Reconstruction
Reconstruction is arguably the most hopeful period - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:34
Reconstruction is arguably the most hopeful period
Blight: Douglass is a classic example of - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Blight: Douglass is a classic example of
There are many, now, next generation Black leaders - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:25
There are many, now, next generation Black leaders
Holland: I need not tell you, Mr. Editor, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:35
Holland: I need not tell you, Mr. Editor,
She was a white woman, and she's 20 years younger, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
She was a white woman, and she's 20 years younger,
Roy: The uproar from the Black community - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:39
Roy: The uproar from the Black community
Black men in the former Confederate states - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:17
Black men in the former Confederate states
Blight: Reconstruction is full of mob actions, mob violence, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:21
Blight: Reconstruction is full of mob actions, mob violence,
Soon, Reconstruction is over, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
Soon, Reconstruction is over,
He writes his final speech in 1893, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:11
He writes his final speech in 1893,
He is constantly complaining about his hands shaking. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
He is constantly complaining about his hands shaking.
Gates: But, he's always drawn back into combat. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
Gates: But, he's always drawn back into combat.
Some of these tend to dim the luster of the American name - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
Some of these tend to dim the luster of the American name
Principles, which we all thought to have been permanently settled - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Principles, which we all thought to have been permanently se...
When the moral sense of a nation begins to decline - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
When the moral sense of a nation begins to decline
I have waited patiently, but anxiously, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
I have waited patiently, but anxiously,
Our newspapers are daily disfigured - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
Our newspapers are daily disfigured