Connect with Accessible Archives on Twitter, Facebook, or Linkedin to stay up to date on news and blog posts or get our latest blog posts by email. Douglass Monthly, April 1863 They wrote. On the 2d of July, 1776, the old Continental Congress, to the dismay of the lovers of ease, and the worshipers of property, clothed that dreadful idea with all the authority of national sanction. Our Composite Nationality: An Address Why Should a Colored Man Enlist? here lies the merit, and the one which, of all others, seems unfashionable in our day. I will show you a man-drover. Douglass Monthly, October 1862 Edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband and Heather L. Kaufman. Many of Douglass claims have been validated by the passage of time. And while slavery has long been abolished and outlawed, the sentiment behind the address still applies in many unfortunate ways when it comes to the overall Black experience in America. They may sometimes rise in quiet and stately majesty, and inundate the land, refreshing and fertilizing the earth with their mysterious properties. Is that a question for Republicans? With contributions from donors, Library of America preserves and celebrates a vital part of our cultural heritage for generations to come. They cannot remain half slave and half free. A Fervent Hope for the Success of Haiti: An Address The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery: An Address He returned home to. 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. Tell me citizens, WHERE, under the sun, you can witness a spectacle more fiendish and shocking. 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? Douglass optimism may sound quaint today. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost. At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. your republican politics, not less than your republican religion, are flagrantly inconsistent. You are all on fire at the mention of liberty for France or for Ireland; but are as cold as an iceberg at the thought of liberty for the enslaved of America. 1411 W Street SE 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. Douglass used this speech to frame the coming post-Civil War debate over the nature of a true and lasting peace, even as Confederate and Union Armies were still engaged on the field of battle. My business, if I have any here today, is with the present. See, too, that girl of thirteen, weeping, yes! And it would go hard with that politician who presumed to solicit the votes of the people without inscribing this motto on his banner. Many of its most eloquent Divines. Now, I hold that there is but one way of wisely disposing of the colored race, and that is to do them right and justice. The little experience I have had in addressing public meetings, in country schoolhouses, avails me nothing on the present occasion. This comprehensive biography on Douglass by David Blight is worth the 700-page read. The correspondence subseries are: Business/Community Incoming Correspondence, Personal Incoming Correspondence, and Outgoing Correspondence. While drawing encouragement from the Declaration of Independence, the great principles it contains, and the genius of American Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age. Fellow-citizens! Significantly, he held these positions at a time when violence and fraud severely restricted African-American political activism. September 9, 1847 WebSpeeches Frederick Douglass was known as a bold and passionate speaker. A battle is still being fought over that idea today. Noble men may be found, scattered all over these Northern States, of whom Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn, Samuel J. Learn Trades or Starve! A Trip to Hayti But, such is not the state of the case. 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. Consider the impact of immigrants. Corrections? With little experience and with less learning, I have been able to throw my thoughts hastily and imperfectly together; and trusting to your patient and generous indulgence, I will proceed to lay them before you. Discount offer available for first-time customers only. The Accessible Archives staff was prompt and extremely helpful in helping me retrieve the information I was looking for. He remarried in 1884 to, On February 20, 1895, Douglass attended a meeting for the National Council of Women. welcome anything! March 2023 ArchivByte: Petticoats At The Bar: The Leadership of Myra Bradwell, Would Emigration Bring About Well-Being: The Debate, Advocacy on Behalf of her Race Frances Harper, From An Interview with Frederick Douglass (1883). The Future of the Colored Race Lynch Law in All Its Phases, Ida B. It is, however, a notable fact that, while so much execration is poured out by Americans upon those engaged in the foreign slave-trade, the men engaged in the slave-trade between the states pass without condemnation, and their business is deemed honorable. It would, certainly, prove nothing, as to what part I might have taken, had I lived during the great controversy of 1776. They felt themselves the victims of grievous wrongs, wholly incurable in their colonial capacity. See this drove sold and separated forever; and never forget the deep, sad sobs that arose from that scattered multitude. Senator Berrien tell us that the Constitution is the fundamental law, that which controls all others. Douglass urges America to eliminate prejudice and look to its founding principles. 2023 Accessible Archives Inc.. All Rights Reserved. Himrods Corner, New York, July 4, 1862 January First 1863 (LogOut/ In speaking of the American church, however, let it be distinctly understood that I mean the great mass of the religious organizations of our land. 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! 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. Correspondence, scrapbooks of clippings, print material such as articles and reports, and other papers, all dating from the Civil War into the first few decades of the 20th century. The country was attempting to build its first multiracial democracy through the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, which ended slavery, granted Black men the right to vote and introduced birthright citizenship. The Inaugural Address Of Douglasss many speeches, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? was perhaps one of the most well-known. The Claims of the Negro Ethnologically Considered: An Address Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, December 11, 1889 I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! After the toast provided by former Senator Blanche K. Bruce, Frederick Douglass rose to deliver a remarkable speech, the full text of which was reported in full by the African American newspaper, The Bee. Marshal for D.C. (1877-1881), Recorder of Deeds for D.C. (1881-1886), and Minister Resident and Consul General to Haiti (1889-1891). appreciated. As a young woman, Anna Murray helped Frederick Bailey escape from slavery. He recruited African-American men to fight in the U.S. Army, including two of his own sons, who served in the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Wells, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom with David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass, I Have Come to Tell You Something About Slavery. The fact that the church of our country, (with fractional exceptions), does not esteem the Fugitive Slave Law as a declaration of war against religious liberty, implies that that church regards religion simply as a form of worship, an empty ceremony, andnota vital principle, requiring active benevolence, justice, love and good will towards man. It is admitted in the fact that Southern statute books are covered with enactments forbidding, under severe fines and penalties, the teaching of the slave to read or to write. WebDouglass escaped slavery at the young age of 20 years old. His own testimony is nothing. We shall mold them all, each after his kind, into Americans. The Composite Nation speech is a brilliant vision of Americas evolving tapestry in all its colors, shades, and ethnicities, Roth, a scholar-in residence at the Jefferson Educational Society, wrote. Were the nation older, the patriots heart might be sadder, and the reformers brow heavier. On how slavery destroyed Black families, Douglass had this to say: There is not, beneath the sky, an enemy to filial affection so destructive as slavery. Frederick Douglass was known as a bold and passionate speaker. 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"A smile or a tear has no nationality. Douglass began advocating for equality after he escaped slavery in Maryland in 1838. The existence of slavery in this country brands your republicanism as a sham, your humanity as a base pretence, and your Christianity as a lie. The Industrial College It is called (in contradistinction to the foreign slave-trade) the internal slave trade. It is, probably, called so, too, in order to divert from it the horror with which the foreign slave-trade is contemplated. To Our Oppressed Countrymen Woman and the Ballot No abuse, no outrage whether in taste, sport or avarice, can now hide itself from the all-pervading light. 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. Great streams are not easily turned from channels, worn deep in the course of ages. What Abraham Lincoln said in respect of the United States is as true of the colored people as of the relations of those States. Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? London, England, March 30, 1847 The material discusses and illuminates the problems experienced by emancipated blacks during Reconstruction and into the early 20th century, encompassing agriculture, business, race relations, reconstruction, education, politics, voting rights, and economic improvement for African Americans. . Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in February 1818. Douglass Monthly, December 1860 You have no right to wear out and waste the hard-earned fame of your fathers to cover your indolence. Your fathers esteemed the English Government as the home government; and England as the fatherland. The New National Era, December 5, 1872 It makes its pathway over and under the sea, as well as on the earth. There is hope in the thought, and hope is much needed, under the dark clouds which lower above the horizon. They saw themselves treated with sovereign indifference, coldness and scorn. What the Black Man Wants. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings is published and kept in print with support from The Berkley Family Foundation and Elizabeth W. Smith. Frederick Douglass Paper, October 23, 1851 It was, Milloy continued, a critique of a nation that claimed to hold dear the principles of freedom, justice and equality even as it enslaved black people.. No political figure not even Abraham Lincoln talked that way about the US in the mid to late 19th century. You may rejoice, I must mourn.. When he shakes off his rags and wretchedness and presumes to be a man, and a man among men, he contradicts this popular standard and becomes an offense to his surroundings. Why Was Frederick Douglasss Marriage to Helen Pitts Controversial? The causes which led to the separation of the colonies from the British crown have never lacked for a tongue. The simple story of it is that, 76 years ago, the people of this country were British subjects. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. Writings cover topics such as African American voting rights and post-Reconstruction analysis. Not for thieves and robbers, enemies of society, merely, but for men guilty of no crime. Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln: An Address Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? Inspired by David Blights Pulitzer Prize winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom and executive produced by scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Black Art: In the Absence of Light), the film features narration of Douglass autobiographies by Andr Holland and context provided by Blight and Gates to remind us how Frederick Douglass words about racial injustice still resonate deeply today. Do Not Send Back the Fugitive: An Address The sunlight that brought life and healing to It is a fact, that whatever makes for the wealth or for the reputation of Americans, and can be had cheap! My soul sickens at the sight. Douglass Monthly, May 1861 It had made my brothers and sisters strangers to me; it converted the mother that bore me, into a myth; it shrouded my father. Africa is too far off, even if we desired to go there, which we do not. To William Lloyd Garrison The Charles N. Hunter Papers date from the 1850s to 1932 and consist of Hunter's personal and professional correspondence, scrapbooks of clippings, articles, reports, and memorabilia. Give Us the Freedom Intended for Us Most noteable is a transcription of Frederick Douglass' speech given at the 2nd Annual What would be thought of an instrument, drawn up, legally drawn up, for the purpose of entitling the city of Rochester to a track of land, in which no mention of land was made? Without this right, the liberty of an American citizen would be as insecure as that of a Frenchman. Douglass reminds his audience of the continuing enslavement of his people, 76 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Narrated by actor Wendell Pierce, it retraces many pivotal moments in Douglass life: How he traded biscuits as a boy with White playmates to learn how to read; the crucial contributions of his first wife; his legendary two-hour fight with an overseer; and a recreation of his famed Fourth of July speech. The historian Jill Lepore called it one of the most important and least-read speeches in American political history. And the historian Andrew Roth said Douglass address is one of the earliest and still most eloquent tributes to the beauty of Americas ever-expanding definition of the We in We the people.. But I fancy I hear some one of my audience say, it is just in this circumstance that you and your brother abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. Use this downloadable discussion guide as a starting point for further reflection and activism. Frederick Douglass Paper, April 25, 1856 They showed forbearance; but that they knew its limits. It was fashionable, hundreds of years ago, for the children of Jacob to boast, we have Abraham to our father, when they had long lost Abrahams faith and spirit. Or would it, and other nations, fare better with a homogenous population where most people look alike and share the same religious beliefs? The Fugitive SlaveLawmakes mercy to them a crime; and bribes the judge who tries them. In the name of peace, which experience has shown cannot be other than false and delusive while the rebellious spirit of Slavery has an existence in the land, we implore you to abolish slavery. But overt White supremacy was still a social and political norm. The coming into being of a nation, in any circumstances, is an interesting event. that gash on her shoulder tells her to move on. The HBO documentary Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches brings to life the words of our countrys most famous anti-slavery activist. In July 1892, Douglass published Lynch Law in the South in the North American Review, a newspaper he edited later in life. Walled cities and empires have become unfashionable. That belief was so ingrained that a politician like Garrett Davis, a Democratic senator from Kentucky, could openly say: I want no Negro government; I want no Mongolian government; I want the government of the White man which our fathers incorporated.. Until this half-and-half condition is ended, there will be just ground of complaint. 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. There is but one destiny it seems to me left for us, and that is to make ourselves, and be made by others, a part of the American people in every sense of the word. We have no business to put ourselves before the bayonets of the white race, We have seen the fate of the Indian. Douglass Monthly, November 1861 Accessible Archives provides one of the most valuable genealogical tools I have ever used. I Have Come to Tell You Something About Slavery. The title of Frederick Douglasss first recorded speech, delivered in October 1841, just three years after his own escape from bondage, signaled the driving impulse of his extraordinary career: to lift the veil on American slavery and the white supremacist ideology that justified it. be warned! New York, New York, May 11, 1853 He also argued that immigration made the US stronger and scorned those who believed White people are the owners of this continent and that it is best not to take on board more passengers than the ship will carry.. An Address The Color Line You profess to believe that, of one blood, God made all nations of men to dwell on the face of all the earth, and hath commanded all men, everywhere to love one another; yet you notoriously hate, (and glory in your hatred), all men whose skins are not colored like your own. American human rights lawyer and U.S. attorney general, American journalist and government official. Specific topics touched on throughout his papers include race relations, voting rights, creating an educational system for African Americans, the temperance movement, reconstruction, African American business and agriculture, the North Carolina Industrial Association, and the North Carolina Negro State Fair. As. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. Under these, and innumerable other disadvantages, your fathers declared for liberty and independence and triumphed. Fighting Rebels with Only One Hand I cant think of another public figure who took such an unequivocal position like he did.. Where these go, may also go the merciless slave-hunter. Ex-Senator Benton tells us that the price of men was never higher than now. Among the correspondents are several African American Congressional representatives such as George H. White and Henry P. Cheatham; major political figures like Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Alexander Logan; important African American scholars including W.E.B. Many of you understand them better than I do. The freedom gained is yours; and you, therefore, may properly celebrate this anniversary. Edited by Pulitzer Prizewinning biographer David W. Blight, this Library of America edition is the largest single-volume selection of Frederick Douglasss writings ever published, presenting the full texts of thirty-four speeches and sixty-seven pieces of journalism. Change). They were great in their day and generation. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were final; not slavery and oppression. 2023 Cable News Network. Ethiopia shall stretch out her hand unto God. In the fervent aspirations of William Lloyd Garrison, I say, and let every heart join in saying it: Th oppressd shall vilely bend the knee. 971 pages, LOA books are distributed worldwide by Penguin Random House. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. All this we affirm to be true of the popular church, and the popular worship of our land and nation a religion, a church, and a worship which, on the authority of inspired wisdom, we pronounce to be an abomination in the sight of God. 8:31 AM EDT, Tue October 11, 2022. Cuba and the United States WebThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. The North Star, December 3, 1847 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. Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The North Star, September 8, 1848 There Was a Right Side in the Late War: An Address From police shootings to the wage gap to crippling stereotypes (and everything in between), there are too many parallels today with what Douglass described in his speech to white America, including this relevant line. For black men there are neither law, justice, humanity, not religion. that it should be so; yet so it is. After the toast provided by former Senator Blanche K. Bruce, Frederick Douglass rose to deliver a remarkable speech, the full text of which was reported in full by the African American newspaper. WebPages in category "Speeches by Frederick Douglass" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. 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 Reconstruction era. 302 Temple Street Haiti Among the Foremost Civilized Nations of the Earth: An Address Douglass wrote an open letter his former master, Thomas Auld, who prior to A series of postwar amendments sought to make some of these tremendous changes. 20020, Download the official NPS app before your next visit, In his journey from captive slave to internationally renowned activist, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) has been a source of inspiration and hope for millions. 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. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. To me the American slave-trade is a terrible reality. had I the ability, and could I reach the nations ear, I would, to-day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. speaking of it relatively, and positively, negatively, and affirmatively. It is not only to break the chains of their bondage and accord to them personal liberty, but it is to admit them to the full and complete enjoyment of civil and political equality. Tags: Black History Month, Frederick Douglass, Gilded Age. Editorial features include detailed notes identifying Douglasss many scriptural and cultural references, a newly revised chronology of his life and career, and an index. (Charles Brantley), 1859-1912, Du Bois, W. E. B. The Dred Scott Decision: An Address Washington could not die till he had broken the chains of his slaves. 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