![]() ![]() ![]() Historian David Blight, an expert in African American studies explains in his book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, Douglass began to breath a new tone, “it is really wonderful”. This provided progressive change to the Union and it sent a message to the Confederate States. Lincoln requested Congress to authorize funds for gradually compensating emancipation “for the border slave states still in the Union”. It wasn’t until March 6, 1862, Douglass began to alter his views. Both wanted to end the war, but one group wanted to end slavery and the other was against abolishing slavery. He believed there were two loyalists and they spoke alike in the Union. However, by 1862, like many abolitionists, Douglass believed in the evils of the South rather than “Northern virtue”. He joined the anti-slavery movement and decided to tell his story of bondage to freedom.ĭouglass moral basis was to advocate for black patriotism and encourage groundbreaking change. The readings gave him motivation “my brethren in bonds-its scathing denunciations of slaveholders-its faithful exposures of slavery- and its powerful attacks upon the upholders of the institution”. It was four months after the escape, Douglass read issues of The Liberator. While in New York, Douglass decided to change his name when concerns grew that he could be captured. Covey was the turning point in my career as a slave.” Four years later, Douglass escaped from slavery, “reaching New York without the slightest interruption of any kind”. In his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, he explains in detail the battle he had with Mr. However, it was an incident with one of his masters that changed his path. He became depressed and felt it would never end. ĭouglass was sold several times, jumping from farm to farm. “Very often I would overhear Master Hugh, or some of his company, speak with much warmth of the abolitionist”. As Douglass grew older, he educated himself and learned about the abolitionist movement. At a young age, the “thought of being a slave for life began to bear heavily upon my heart”. He learned his first impression of slavery during this time. It was in Baltimore Douglass learns how to read and write by Mrs. Around the age of 7 or 8, he was sent to Baltimore by his master, Colonel Lloyd. ![]() Although, he did not know if this was accurate. Captain Anthony had several plantations with over thirty slaves.ĭouglass did not have a close relationship with his mother and called his father “a white man”. “The life of Frederick Douglass is the history of American slavery epitomized in a single human experience.” His family was owned by Captain Aaron Anthony. His story is remarkable and known to many American students. But, how did Frederick Douglass perceive President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation? Did his views change over time or remain the same?įrederick Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in Tuckahoe, Maryland. To this point of his life, he fought for freedom for all African Americans. “Yet, they developed parallel and complementary goals and strategies to end slavery.” Douglass was a candid critic of Lincoln’s until the Emancipation Proclamation. During the Civil War, Douglass met President Abraham Lincoln only a few times. He devoted his life fighting for equal rights. He advocated for the emancipation of slavery. Frederick Douglass played a massive role during the abolitionist movement. ![]()
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