Ross Lancaster
11/15/2015 07:58:37 am
Interviewer: Mr. Douglass, as a former slave and African American yourself, why did you choose to get involved in the abolitionist movement?
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Emilee Eastman
11/15/2015 02:09:44 pm
Douglass: Well, Mr. Lancaster, you see, slaves like I have become involved in the abolitionist movement in order to help our “brothers in chains” and to ensure that no man will ever be treated like they are today in the future. I wish to close the far gap between the races and gain equality. I have said in my independence day speech that “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 that would disgrace a nation of savages”(Douglass). Here I have attacked the idea of Independence Day and in the same speech, declared that independence could not be celebrated by all Americans until independence is truly given to all Americans
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Ross Lancaster
11/16/2015 04:58:26 pm
Interviewer: Well Mr. Douglass, its obvious that with your unique experiences as a slave and now as a freeman you had many reasons to join the abolition movement. However, do you see any challenges that prohibit other free slaves from joining in the movement? Leave a Reply. |
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