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Reconstruction is arguably
the most hopeful period of Douglass' life. It is a legal, constitutional,
political revolution, and a new United States
is being made out of that. There's a time there
when he holds these two appointive
positions in Washington, and he's part of
the federal bureaucracy. Gates:
He wanted to have enough money
to take care of his family. He wanted to be respected. He wanted to get
government jobs that affirmed his own idea of his importance
the most hopeful period of Douglass' life. It is a legal, constitutional,
political revolution, and a new United States
is being made out of that. There's a time there
when he holds these two appointive
positions in Washington, and he's part of
the federal bureaucracy. Gates:
He wanted to have enough money
to take care of his family. He wanted to be respected. He wanted to get
government jobs that affirmed his own idea of his importance
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Reconstruction is arguably
the most hopeful period
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of Douglass' life.
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It is a legal, constitutional,
political revolution,
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and a new United States
is being made out of that.
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There's a time there
when he holds
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these two appointive
positions in Washington,
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and he's part of
the federal bureaucracy.
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Gates:
He wanted to have enough money
to take care of his family.
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He wanted to be respected.
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He wanted to get
government jobs that affirmed
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his own idea of his importance.
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Movie Summary
Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
