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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

This proclamationchanged everything. Abraham Lincoln issuesthe Emancipation Proclamation...

This proclamation
changed everything. Abraham Lincoln issues
the Emancipation Proclamation in part to allow African Americans
to join the Union cause

Full Transcript

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This proclamation changed everything.
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Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
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in part to allow
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African Americans to join the Union cause.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:10
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.
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,
They are ready to rally under the stars and stripes - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
They are ready to rally under the stars and stripes
Stop calling them niggers, and call them soldiers. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Stop calling them niggers, and call them soldiers.
Stop telling them they can't fight, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
Stop telling them they can't fight,
Away with prejudice. Away with folly. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Away with prejudice. Away with folly.
And in this death struggle for liberty, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
And in this death struggle for liberty,
All I say is give them a chance. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
All I say is give them a chance.
A lot of people don't know a lot about him, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
A lot of people don't know a lot about him,
That's also the trick of this country, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
That's also the trick of this country,
So, I think the more that we, uh, put - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
So, I think the more that we, uh, put
I love the attack that he has with it - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:11
I love the attack that he has with it
It's very spirited, and he's trying to really - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
It's very spirited, and he's trying to really
Roy: Frederick Douglass sees Black soldiers - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Roy: Frederick Douglass sees Black soldiers
He begins to transition - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:35
He begins to transition
I shall never forget my first interview with this great man. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
I shall never forget my first interview with this great man.
There was no vain pomp or ceremony about him. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:31
There was no vain pomp or ceremony about him.