But a still more inhuman, disgraceful, and scandalous state of things remains to be presented. Without this right, the liberty of an American citizen would be as insecure as that of a Frenchman. There Was a Right Side in the Late War: An Address The perceived loss of that power drove men now to lynch mob and ritual killings. On April 16, 1883, Douglass addressed the 21st anniversary of emancipation in Washington, DC. Ex-Senator Benton tells us that the price of men was never higher than now. I intend to make use of you as a weapon with which to assail the system of slaveryas a means of concentrating public attention on the system, and deepening the horror of trafficking in the souls and bodies of men. Boston, Massachusetts, December 7, 1869 Frederick Douglass Paper, September 10, 1852 This is the inevitable conclusion, and from it there is no escape. The North American Review, July 1884 Nicholas Bromell, a historian who appears in the PBS film, says it was routine for even progressive leaders like abolitionists to warn of the hordes of Chinese immigrants coming to America during that era. Abolitionist Frederick Douglass was a pivotal figure in the decades of struggle leading up to the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Lynch Law in All Its Phases, Ida B. You shed tears over fallen Hungary, and make the sad story of her wrongs the theme of your poets, statesmen and orators, till your gallant sons are ready to fly to arms to vindicate her cause against her oppressors; but, in regard to the ten thousand wrongs of the American slave, you would enforce the strictest silence, and would hail him as an enemy of the nation who dares to make those wrongs the subject of public discourse! Here you will see men and women reared like swine for the market. The sin of which it is guilty is one of omission as well as of commission. Americans! The first autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself, catapulted him to fame and invigorated the abolitionist movement. The Fugitive SlaveLawmakes mercy to them a crime; and bribes the judge who tries them. You may rejoice, I must mourn.. The Constitution and Slavery Neither steam nor lightning had then been reduced to order and discipline. Frederick Douglass Paper, September 4, 1851 They never see the bright side of anything and probably never will, Douglass said of these critics. At Home Again Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were final; not slavery and oppression. I take this law to be one of the grossest infringements of Christian Liberty, and, if the churches and ministers of our country were not stupidly blind, or most wickedly indifferent, they, too, would so regard it. Overall, Hunter's writings provide historical sketches of important figures, events, and reprecussions with an emphasis on local history. What, then, remains to be argued? Why Should a Colored Man Enlist? In 1881, Douglass published his third autobiography, Tragedy struck Douglass's life in 1882 when Anna died from a stroke. They succeeded; and to-day you reap the fruits of their success. The duty to extirpate and destroy it, is admitted even by our DOCTORS OF DIVINITY. Its deeply moving to hear Douglass defend the honor of Black soldiers in his 1863 speech, The Proclamation And a Negro Army, read by Colman Domingo, while his final speech, 1894s Lessons of the Hour, lays out the crucial steps toward achieving equality that have yet to be followed today.The actor selected to read these words is According to this fact, you are, even now, only in the beginning of your national career, still lingering in the period of childhood. Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. to place your order. The Work of the Future Haiti Among the Foremost Civilized Nations of the Earth: An Address I was glad to find one who sympathized with me in my horror. Primary Source Material from 18th & 19th Century Publications, In a final celebratory post for Black History Month 2023, it is worth returning to the 1883 Douglass Banquet. The drove moves tardily. Atlantic Monthly, December 1866 Sydney Smith tells us that men seldom eulogize the wisdom and virtues of their fathers, but to excuse some folly or wickedness of their own. be warned! The subject has been handled with masterly power by Lysander Spooner, Esq., by William Goodell, by Samuel E. Sewall, Esq., and last, though not least, by Gerritt Smith, Esq. There, the church, true to its mission of ameliorating, elevating, and improving the condition of mankind, came forward promptly, bound up the wounds of the West Indian slave, and restored him to his liberty. If any man in this assembly thinks differently from me in this matter, and feels able to disprove my statements, I will gladly confront him at any suitable time and place he may select. Until the public schools shall cease to be caste schools in every part of our country, this discussion will go on. Letter to My Old Master. The population was weak and scattered, and the country a wilderness unsubdued. They, however, gradually flow back to the same old channel, and flow on as serenely as ever. From poetry, novels, and memoirs to journalism, crime writing, and science fiction, the more than 300 volumes published by Library of America are widely recognized as Americas literary canon. To William Lloyd Garrison The whole scene, as I look back to it, was simple, dignified and sublime. Your fathers staked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, on the cause of their country. This trade is one of the peculiarities of American institutions. Inspired by the Hebrew prophets and by the language of Shakespeare and Robert Burns, he developed a unique oratorical and literary style that combined scriptural cadences with fierce irony, moral urgency, and keen insight. We are met on the threshold of our efforts for the redemption of the slave, by the church and ministry of the country, in battle arrayed against us; and we are compelled to fight or flee. The HBO documentary Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches brings to life the words of our countrys most famous anti-slavery activist. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, North Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950, African American business enterprises -- North Carolina, African American farmers -- North Carolina, African American teachers -- Correspondence, African American teachers -- North Carolina, African Americans -- Education -- North Carolina, African Americans -- North Carolina -- Durham -- History, African Americans -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- To 1964. To me the American slave-trade is a terrible reality. Standing with God and the crushed and bleeding slave on this occasion, I will, in the name of humanity which is outraged, in the name of liberty which is fettered, in the name of the constitution and the Bible, which are disregarded and trampled upon, dare to call in question and to denounce, with all the emphasis I can command, everything that serves to perpetuate slavery the great sin and shame of America! Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Immigrants are nearly twice as likely to start businesses as native-born Americans. Albert Barnes but uttered what the common sense of every man at all observant of the actual state of the case will receive as truth, when he declared that There is no power out of the church that could sustain slavery an hour, if it were not sustained in it.. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. Washington could not die till he had broken the chains of his slaves. When a sufficient number have been collected here, a ship is chartered, for the purpose of conveying the forlorn crew to Mobile, or to New Orleans. He served under five presidents as U.S. We have no business to put ourselves before the bayonets of the white race, We have seen the fate of the Indian. This is a test popup to ensure its working as expected. Just here, the idea of a total separation of the colonies from the crown was born! Douglass was also ahead of his time in rejecting the notion of inherent differences between races. The North Star, November 16, 1849 Douglass Monthly, November 1859 Seventy-six years, though a good old age for a man, is but a mere speck in the life of a nation. WebThis is a list of films produced and distributed by HBO Films. The oath of any two villains is sufficient, under this hell-black enactment, to send the most pious and exemplary black man into the remorseless jaws of slavery! I know that apologies of this sort are generally considered flat and unmeaning. Until the colored man's right to practice at the bar of our courts, and sit upon juries, shall be the universal law and practice of the land, this discussion will go on. Corrections? You will have an aggrieved class, and this discussion will go on. Most noteable is a transcription of Frederick Douglass' speech given at the 2nd Annual N.C. Negro State Fair. You could instruct me in regard to them. Request product #203747, ISBN: 978-1-59853-722-2 He called them ministers of despair and mocked critiques such as You will never make the Negro work without a master, or make him an intelligent voter, or a good and useful citizen.. The Sharps, the Clarksons, the Wilberforces, the Buxtons, and Burchells and the Knibbs, were alike famous for their piety, and for their philanthropy. THE MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION OF WRITTEN WORKS & SPEECHES BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS [Newly Illustrated] - Kindle edition by Douglass, Frederick, Audiobook, This Ebook Features Dynamic Links for Ease of Navigation Plus Bonus. Significantly, he held these positions at a time when violence and fraud severely restricted African-American political activism. This truth is not a doubtful one. In a final celebratory post for Black History Month 2023, it is worth returning to the 1883 Douglass Banquet. Let the religious press, the pulpit, the Sunday school, the conference meeting, the great ecclesiastical, missionary, Bible and tract associations of the land array their immense powers against slavery and slave-holding; and the whole system of crime and blood would be scattered to the winds; and that they do not do this involves them in the most awful responsibility of which the mind can conceive. (LogOut/ The Accessible Archives staff was prompt and extremely helpful in helping me retrieve the information I was looking for. Updates? The fact is, ladies and gentlemen, the distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which I escaped, is considerable and the difficulties to be overcome in getting from the latter to the former, are by no means slight. Douglass Monthly, April 1861 Wind, steam, and lightning are its chartered agents. 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To My American Readers and Friends We shall spread the network of our science and civilization over all who seek their shelter, whether from Asia, Africa or the isles of the sea, he said. The Future of the Colored Race Attend the auction; see men examined like horses; see the forms of women rudely and brutally exposed to the shocking gaze of American slave-buyers. Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln: An Address In order to put an end to it, some of these last have consented that their colored brethren (nominally free) should leave this country, and establish themselves on the western coast of Africa! They did not come because its leaders disparaged the poor, incarcerated racial or political minorities, or mocked the handicapped and those whose sexual orientation did not fit in faux religious boxes. For the present, it is enough to affirm the equal manhood of the Negro race. New York: New York University Press, 2012. Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, (1818-1895) was an African American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. White spectators openly gushed about Douglass muscular, yet lithe and graceful 6-foot, 200-pound frame, his full and rich baritone, and compared him to an African prince.. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? A citizenship candidate holds a flag during a naturalization ceremony in New York City on September 17, 2019. Lessons Of The Hour (1894) performed by Jeffrey Wright. we wept when we remembered Zion. These gentlemen have, as I think, fully and clearly vindicated the Constitution from any design to support slavery for an hour. Nations do not now stand in the same relation to each other that they did ages ago. Douglass Monthly, May 1861 WebDouglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 (Speaker) Douglass, Helen, 1838-1903 (Speaker) Created / Published 1846 - 1894 Headings - United States- New York, New York, May 11, 1853 Demands of the Hour Frederick Douglass Paper, September 1856 whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to-day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them. Not for thieves and robbers, enemies of society, merely, but for men guilty of no crime. The Do-Nothing Policy Voters wait in line to cast their ballots during a primary on March 3, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas. After escaping from slavery, Frederick married Anna. Hingham, Massachusetts, November 4, 1841 Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass National Historic Author, abolitionist, political activist, and philosopher, Frederick Douglass was a pivotal figure in the decades of struggle leading up to the Civil War and the There, the question of emancipation was a high religious question. In a very telling sign, the fateful words of Frederick Douglass from a speech he delivered 170 years ago still resonate very much in 2022 as Black people in America continue the fight for the same kind of equality that the legendary abolitionist was demanding back in the mid-19th century. There are also numerous drafts and copies of outgoing correspondence that Hunter wrote. No abuse, no outrage whether in taste, sport or avarice, can now hide itself from the all-pervading light. Tags: Black History Month, Frederick Douglass, Gilded Age. See this drove sold and separated forever; and never forget the deep, sad sobs that arose from that scattered multitude. I will not. A Fervent Hope for the Success of Haiti: An Address In the solitude of my spirit, I see clouds of dust raised on the highways of the South; I see the bleeding footsteps; I hear the doleful wail of fettered humanity, on the way to the slave markets, where the victims are to be sold like horses, sheep, and swine, knocked off to the highest bidder. The flesh-mongers gather up their victims by dozens, and drive them, chained, to the general depot at Baltimore. It is a fact, that whatever makes for the wealth or for the reputation of Americans, and can be had cheap! One recent poll found that 64% of Americans believe that their democracy is in crisis and at risk of failing.. The New National Era, April 6, 1871 I am not that man. Du Bois, Charles G. Dawes, John A. Logan, Lee S. Overman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Sumner, Zebulon B. Vance, and Booker T. Washington. The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty. You invite to your shores fugitives of oppression from abroad, honor them with banquets, greet them with ovations, cheer them, toast them, salute them, protect them, and pour out your money to them like water; but the fugitives from your own land you advertise, hunt, arrest, shoot and kill. In the deep still darkness of midnight, I have been often aroused by the dead heavy footsteps, and the piteous cries of the chained gangs that passed our door. Fully appreciating the hardship to be encountered, firmly believing in the right of their cause, honorably inviting the scrutiny of an on-looking world, reverently appealing to heaven to attest their sincerity, soundly comprehending the solemn responsibility they were about to assume, wisely measuring the terrible odds against them, your fathers, the fathers of this republic, did, most deliberately, under the inspiration of a glorious patriotism, and with a sublime faith in the great principles of justice and freedom, lay deep the corner-stone of the national superstructure, which has risen and still rises in grandeur around you. Do Not Send Back the Fugitive: An Address In a case like that, the dumb might eloquently speak, and the lame man leap as an hart.. Though his actual voice was never recorded, the power of these performances offers an opportunity to hear the potency of his words with timely urgency over a century after his time. And a White Christian nationalist movement, which insists that America was created to be a White, Christian nation, is growing in power. As to extinction, the prospect in that direction has been greatly clouded by the census just taken, in which it is seen that our increase is ten per cent. The fate of many a slave has depended upon the turn of a single card; and many a child has been snatched from the arms of its mother by bargains arranged in a state of brutal drunkenness. The Scrapbooks Series is made up of seventeen scrapbooks assembled by Hunter which contain clippings and other items concerning race relations and other social, political, and economic affairs pertaining to African Americans. Yet they persevered. Douglass Monthly, March 1863 Douglass Monthly, October 1862 American Prejudice and Southern Religion: An Address As one of the nations most prolific orators and skilled writers, Douglass used his voice and pen to attack the institution of slavery and anti-Black racism. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Frederick Douglass Paper, February 24, 1854 Douglass Monthly, September 1862 The New National Era, October 12, 1871 Carlisle, Pennsylvania, March 1893 That bolt drawn, that chain broken, and all is lost. These people were called Tories in the days of your fathers; and the appellation, probably, conveyed the same idea that is meant by a more modern, though a somewhat less euphonious term, which we often find in our papers, applied to some of our old politicians. From the Potomac to the Delaware was a journey of many days. He saw the rise of Jim Crow and murderous White mobs that used insurrectionist violence to attack and overthrow biracial governments throughout the Deep South. I shall not be charged with slandering Americans, if I say I think the American side of any question may be safely left in American hands. I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. What Is My Duty as an Anti-Slavery Voter? When a child, my soul was often pierced with a sense of its horrors. I would like to receive additional emails with news about new titles in the following subject areas, Yale The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery: An Address WATCH VIDEO: Should Black Americans Celebrate Independence Day? Chicago, Illinois, January 2, 1893 The Fall of Sumter A Call for the British Nation to Testify against Slavery: An Address To William Lloyd Garrison The Unknown Dead: An Address Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? Give Women Fair Play: An Address when ye make many prayers, I will not hear. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost. Discovery Company. Douglass answer has inspired and challenged historians for over a century. In prosecuting the anti-slavery enterprise, we have been asked to spare the church, to spare the ministry; buthow, we ask, could such a thing be done? September 9, 1847 Everywhere, in this country, it is safe to speak of this foreign slave-trade, as a most inhuman traffic, opposed alike to the laws of God and of man. The Big Speech: November 19, 2010: Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking: December 12, 2010: Douglass vision of America as a multi-hued beacon of global liberty still looms ahead of us like a rhetorical North Star. So should we. New US citizens gather at a naturalization ceremony on March 20, 2018, in Los Angeles. This certainly sounds large, and out of the common way, for it is true that I have often had the privilege to speak in this beautiful Hall, and to address many who now honor me with their presence. I lived on Philpot Street, Fells Point, Baltimore, and have watched from the wharves, the slave ships in the Basin, anchored from the shore, with their cargoes of human flesh, waiting for favorable winds to waft them down the Chesapeake. A Critical Edition. 5 Questions About Reconstruction Answered, Match the Quote to the Speaker: American Speeches, https://www.britannica.com/question/What-are-some-of-Frederick-Douglasss-most-famous-writings-and-speeches, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?. This, however, did not answer the purpose. Frederick Douglass, circa 1880. To the Rochester Democrat and American This enormous collection of African American newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day. 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