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When I came North
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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

When I came North, I was astonished to findthat the abolitionists, they knew so much about...

When I came North, I was astonished to find
that the abolitionists, they knew so much about it

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When I came North,
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I was astonished to find that the abolitionists,
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they knew so much about it.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:11
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.
They were acquainted with its deadly effects - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
They were acquainted with its deadly effects
But although they can tell you its history, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
But although they can tell you its history,
They cannot refer you to a back covered with scars as I can. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
They cannot refer you to a back covered with scars as I can.
I have suffered under the lash - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
I have suffered under the lash
My blood has sprung out - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
My blood has sprung out
I'm not from any of the states where slaves are said to be - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
I'm not from any of the states where slaves are said to...
Yet, I can stand here and relate atrocities - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
Yet, I can stand here and relate atrocities
I lived on the plantation of Colonel Lloyd - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
I lived on the plantation of Colonel Lloyd
He owned probably not less than a thousand slaves. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
He owned probably not less than a thousand slaves.
And I mention the name of the man - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:14
And I mention the name of the man
Yet for the sake of the cause of the sake of humanity, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
Yet for the sake of the cause of the sake of humanity,
For I have the gratification to know that if I shall fall - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:35
For I have the gratification to know that if I shall fall
What's interesting is I feel like - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
What's interesting is I feel like
In his early 20s, having to deliver this, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
In his early 20s, having to deliver this,
But at the same time, too, like, he's already suffered - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
But at the same time, too, like, he's already suffered
It was like something entered his body, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
It was like something entered his body,
It was so compelling, however, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
It was so compelling, however,
Roy: Once William Lloyd Garrison hears Douglass - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Roy: Once William Lloyd Garrison hears Douglass
The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Many came, no doubt, from curiosity - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:14
Many came, no doubt, from curiosity