Frederick Douglass' Dream for Equality.
Abolition stopped Frederick Douglass dead in his tracks and forced him.
to reinvent himself. He learned the hard central truth about abolition. Once.
he learned what that truth was, he was compelled to tell it in his speeches and.
writings even if it meant giving away the most secret truth about himself. From.
then on, he accepted abolition for what it was and rode the fates.
The truth he learned about abolition was that it was a white enterprise.
It was a fight between whites. Blacks joined abolition only on sufferance.
They also joined at their own risks. For a long time, Douglass, a man of pride.
and artfulness, denied this fact.
For years there had been disagreements among many abolitionists. Everyone.
had their own beliefs towards abolition. There was especially great bitterness.
between Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, dating from the early 1850's when.
Douglass had repudiated Garrisonian Disunionism. Garrisonians supported the.
idea of disunion. Disunion would have relieved the North of responsibility for.
the sin of slavery. It would have also ended the North's obligation to enforce.
the fugitive slave law, and encourage a greater exodus of fugitive slaves from.
the South. (161,162 Perry) Douglass did not support this idea because it would.
not result in the complete abolition of slavery. Blacks deserved just as much.
freedom as whites. He believed that the South had committed treason, and the.
Union must rebel by force if necessary. Astonished by Garrison's thoughts,.
Douglass realized that abolition was truly a war between whites. Garrison, and.
many others, had failed to see the slaves as human beings.
Were blacks then supposed to be irretrievably black in a white world.
Where is the freedom and hope if all great things are privilege only to the.
whites? Douglass resolved never again to risk himself to betrayal. Troubled,.
Douglass did not lose faith in his beliefs of abolishing slavery.
Frederick Douglass was born a slave in mid-February of 1818. ... Before Frederick Douglass, society viewed slavery as a way of life. ... Frederick Douglass wanted to fix up the "holes" in our country. ... Frederick Douglass's newspaper and writings influenced society. ... He had a dream that everyone would be free and "inspired others to step forward" (Abdul-Jabbar and Steinberg 100). ...
"Douglass Proves the American Dream" The American Dream is the ideals of freedom, equality, opportunity, and a life of personal happiness and material comfort, traditionally held to be available for every American. ... Frederick Douglass is a prime example that anyone can live out their American Dream. ... Douglass's view of freedom meant equality. ... Douglass not only wanted liberation of slaves, he wanted equality for his people as well. ... Equality is not nature's way. ...
Equality has a fairly simple meaning. ... Frederick Douglass, a famous abolitionist, said in his essay, The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro, that, "The fourth of July is yours (the white man), not mine (the black man)" (p.1). ... An important opinion that Douglass entertains, and Tocqueville agrees with, is that due to slavery, slaves were incapable of knowing how to be free. ... After The Declaration of Independence was passed and for many years afterward, people truly believed in the "American dream": as long as you work hard then the sky is the limit. ... Lower class citizens, in p...
Douglass was also denied the most basic of human rights, including protection from degrading treatment, safety, compensation for work performed, education, and equality. ... Johnson took a deep interest in Frederick and Anna's welfare, giving them food and shelter during their time of need. ... Once and for all, Douglass was a free man. He was free from his slave owners, free to collect and earn an honest paycheck, free to choose his own destiny and free to work on building his American Dream. ... While he was employed there, he met the woman of his dreams who also shared interest in hi...
They have also worked to uplift the black race, achieve a voice in government and work toward equality for the race as for themselves as women. ... Black women dreamed of racial and gender equality. ... One of the most famous male advocates of women's rights was Frederick Douglass. ... The phrase alone belittles black women and our struggle for equality and recognition. Even between ourselves, the bickering and constant competition does not give us the opportunity to unite and work towards equality on all fields. ...
However, could Frederick Douglass ever have been able to accomplish all this with out being literate? ... In Frederick's eyes, this was more than a light cause. ... How can a man own slaves and at one point, and then sign this document that declares freedom and equality to Americans? ... Frederick's views changed after reading the Constitution. ... If Frederick read but a little of this document, I think he would be so discouraged with America and their insight, that it would be hard to dream. ...
There are many alternative ways the government can promote equality within the educational system. ... In nineteen sixty-five, the creation of "affirmative action was [President] Johnson's way of trying to redress the wrongs of the past and prepare the nation for a future of equality where the American Dream would be available to everyone"(Perry). African Americans started from about as a low as it gets in a society, and affirmative action is supposedly in place in order to ensure equality is not as much of an uphill battle. It "is [considered] essential to guarantee people of color, mi...
After several months of traveling, Truth was encouraged by friends to go to the Northampton Association, which had been founded in 1841 as a cooperative community dedicated to abolitionism, pacifism, equality and the betterment of human life. There, she met progressive thinkers like William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass and David Ruggles, and the local abolitionists Samuel Hill, George Benson and Olive Gilbert. Douglass described her at the time as "a strange compound of wit and wisdom, of wild enthusiasm and flintlike common sense." ... After the Civil War, she set out on a final...
