@raccoon This is not the answer you want, I know, but in his autobiography, #FrederickDouglass used the term "master", despite being a dedicated abolitionist. I'm not sure there's a better word that would have been used historically.

#oppression #slavery

Frederick Douglass escaped slavery this day (September 3rd) in 1838. He became a best-selling author, national abolitionist leader, statesman, social reformer and one of the great orators of the time.

Do you know where he was born?

https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=12&type=q

#FrederickDouglass #Abolition #education #slavery #history #histodons @histodons #geography

Today in Labor History September 3, 1838: Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland to freedom in the north, where he became a leader of the abolitionist movement. During his lifetime, he wrote 3 autobiographies and became a best-selling author. He also fought for women’s suffrage and was the first black man nominated to run for vice president. Douglass opposed colonialism and segregated schools. He was the most photographed American of the 19th century, never smiling once for the camera so as to not play into the racist myth of the happy slave.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #slavery #Abolition #FrederickDouglass #feminism #segregation #education #colonialism #author #writer #biography #BlackMastadon @bookstadon

tonight's read: 'Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.' (from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave)

context: Douglass is explaining that he has deliberately left out details of his escape from slavery, to avoid incriminating the people who helped him and to keep the route secret from slave-catchers.

#books #bookstodon #FrederickDouglass

(12 Aug) - Animated Frederick Douglass calls slavery a ‘compromise’ in PragerU video https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/animated-frederick-douglass-calls-slavery-compromise-prageru-video-rcna99246 #NBCNews #FrederickDouglass #slavery #compromise #PragerU #animated #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110876555074879230

Animated Frederick Douglass calls slavery a ‘compromise’ in PragerU video

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/animated-frederick-douglass-calls-slavery-compromise-prageru-video-rcna99246

#NBCNews #FrederickDouglass #slavery #compromise #PragerU #animated #Politics #News

An animated Frederick Douglass, saying that slavery was a "compromise" for the benefit of the US. That's what the Republican Party is forcing kids to watch in public schools.

I try to let people come to their own conclusions, but I've fucking had it. If you say you're not going to vote because "both parties are the same," then you should be treated like the fucking despicable scumbag you are.

#FrederickDouglass #USPol #BlackHistory #USHistory #K12 #schools

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/animated-frederick-douglass-calls-slavery-compromise-prageru-video-rcna99246

Animated Frederick Douglass calls slavery a ‘compromise’ in PragerU video

>Slavery was a compromise. The Black Lives Matter movement led to more crime. Masculinity helped win World War II.

>the group is partnering with the state of Florida as an education vendor to provide supplemental lessons.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/animated-frederick-douglass-calls-slavery-compromise-prageru-video-rcna99246 #FrederickDouglass #slavery #crt #education #florida #GOP #prageru #trump #maga #america #conservative #republican #republicans #blm

Portrait of Frederick Douglass, the African American social reformer, anti-slavery campaigner, orator and writer, on the corner of Lower Gilmore Place, Edinburgh. Douglass lived at 33 Gilmore Place whilst campaigning in Scotland.

An interesting blog from Historic Scotland details his activities in Scotland https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2020/10/frederick-douglass/

#frederickdouglass #mural #cityscape #edinburgh

Yale just posted recordings of their group readings the Declaration of Independence and Frederick Douglass's 1852 oration, "What to the Slave, is the Fourth of July? Both are powerful pieces worth actually lisening to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-giUzqc19Q3XM9PZMNusvEwZw-ls0mfp

#july4th #declarationofindependence #frederickdouglass #HistoryMatters

When we put history aside in service of false patriotism. #fourthofjuly #BlackMastodon #Mastodon #FrederickDouglass #july4th https://bit.ly/3JLeHns

“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech

"Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? And am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your independence to us?

[...]"

#FrederickDouglass #Julyfourth #racism #slavery

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/4/what_to_the_slave_is_the

✂️ "What To the Slave is the Fourth of July" read by five young descendants of #FrederickDouglass (2020).

▶️ Clip Plays Within This Post | 6:58 ◀️

via @NPR

#FourthOfJuly #IndependenceDay #BlackHistory #USHistory #Juneteenth

https://youtu.be/NBe5qbnkqoM

Full text of What to The Slave is The 4th of July
#frederickdouglass
#4thOfJuly
#slavery

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927t.html

“Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wails of millions. Whose, chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are today, rendered more by the jubilee shouts that reach them.”

#frederickdouglass
#4thOfJuly
#slavery

Remember.
#july4th #independenceday #frederickdouglass

As we ease into America’s holiday of nationalism and ignorance, I’m just gonna leave this here. It’s a segment from a speech that Frederick Douglass gave on July 5, 1852 at Corinthian Hall, titled “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”

More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_to_the_Slave_Is_the_Fourth_of_July%3F

#July4th #America #SystemicRacism #Slavery #FrederickDouglass #OnThisDay #History #Speech #IndependenceDay

As we ease into America’s holiday of nationalism and ignorance, I’m just gonna leave this here. It’s a segment from a speech that Frederick Douglass gave on July 5, 1852 at Corinthian Hall, titled “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”

More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_to_the_Slave_Is_the_Fourth_of_July%3F

#July4th #America #SystemicRacism #Slavery #FrederickDouglass #OnThisDay #History #Speech #IndependenceDay

Frederick Douglass Knew What False Patriotism Was

In 1852 Frederick Douglass delivered what may be his most famous address, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” This time of year, quotations from the speech dart around Black social media as a subtle pushback on uncomplicated celebrations of American independence.

Frederick Douglass Fourth of July Speech 1862:

https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/the-slaveholders-rebellion/

#fourth #patriotism #RACISM #slavery #FrederickDouglass

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/opinion/july-fourth-patriotism-douglass.html

An evergreen #independenceday speech from #FrederickDouglass for the fifth of July: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/nations-story-what-slave-fourth-july