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Frederick Douglass
Running head : FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT Frederick Douglass and the abolitionist movement The power of the spoken word Name Instructor Class 10 August 2010 Frederick Douglass and the abolitionist movement The power of the spoken word Frederick Douglass spoke to Washington , DC in 1876 : We must either have all the rights of American citizens , or we must be exterminated for we can never again be slaves (Foner , 1969 , . 320 , as cited in Ballard , 2004 , .53 . This statement concretizes the inhumanity of slavery its
only equal is death . Douglass was born as a slave in Talbot County , Maryland . It was 1818 and slavery already existed for two hundred years in the United States (U .S . It took Douglass twenty years , before he escaped slavery . Before his escape , Douglass surreptitiously learned to read and write , and he soon rose as one of the most eloquent orators of the abolitionists . Using speech premeditated to distress , educate , and sometimes infuriate , Frederick Douglass encouraged the abolitionist movement
Douglass used his speeches to distress people about their prejudice , so that they would be aware of its inequitable and dangerous outcomes . When people were distressed of the realities and results of slavery , they would be more attracted by the principles and goals of the abolitionists . Douglass argued that slavery produces no benefits for the society . Slavery only leads to ignorance among blacks , which both negatively affects them and the whites . In The Church and Prejudice Douglass asserted : You degrade us , and then ask...
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