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American Political Theory – POL 265

American Political Theory – POL 265. Erik Rankin Frederick Douglass Chapter 18. Frederick Douglass. Speech at the Anti-Slavery Association (1848) Former slave Learned to read and write Escaped to NY in 1838 and became free Worked with William Lloyd Garrison (famed abolitionist)

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American Political Theory – POL 265

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  1. American Political Theory – POL 265 Erik Rankin Frederick Douglass Chapter 18

  2. Frederick Douglass • Speech at the Anti-Slavery Association (1848) • Former slave • Learned to read and write • Escaped to NY in 1838 and became free • Worked with William Lloyd Garrison (famed abolitionist) • Started his own paper, The North Star in 1847 • Broke with Garrison due to his withdrawal from political action • Support total abolition and women’s rights

  3. Frederick Douglass • Read aloud the pictorial description of America • The picture sounds extreme but Douglass thinks it is less extreme than the real facts of slavery • I want every man north… • Who does this sound like? • Do you agree with Douglass?

  4. Frederick Douglass • I desire to say here as elsewhere… • Douglass does not care where you live or with who you are associated (i.e. church) if you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem • Douglass does not support the Union, Constitution, or church “as it is” • He promises to speak against slavery whenever he can

  5. Frederick Douglass • Justification that blacks have the right to stay, just like whites • Alluding to Henry Clay, who is he? • Douglass feels that all slaves want nothing more than to stay in the US and not return to Africa or elsewhere • “They used to sometimes ask me…” • Condemns whites as slaves too • “The northern people …” • “…men cannot fight slavery under the Constitution” • What does this final passage mean?

  6. Frederick Douglass • The Various Phases of Anti-Slavery • All men desire liberty • Agreed? • Condemnation of tyranny • “No man should crave the possession…” • “ Now we hold…” • Who is he talking about? • Douglass goes on to speak about each abolitionist group and their views on slavery

  7. Frederick Douglass • Republican Party (Free Soil) • “No slavery outside the slave states.” • Keep within constitutional limits • “It virtually concedes to slaveholders…” • No interest in the complete abolition of slavery • How do you think Douglass feels about the Republican or Free Soil party? • Why is this interesting?

  8. Frederick Douglass • Garrison Abolitionists • “No union with slaveholders” • Dislike of Constitution due to its pro-slavery stance • Opposed to political action for the abolition of slavery • Refuse to vote, why? • Sound like Thoreau again? • Great quote “So much then for the position of the Garrison Abolitionists…” • Admonition of both Republicans and Garrison abolitionists, “But this is not all…”

  9. Frederick Douglass • Read the statement on the bottom of p.211 • Slave righting himself is laughable to Douglass • The slave cannot “right himself” any more than an infant can grapple with a giant. • Liberty Party • Slavery is illegal • Deny the Constitution is a pro-slavery document • Why is it pro-slavery to others? • What is the only thing they are asking • This meets all of their other points • “Radical Abolitionism lays the axe at the root of the tree.” • This is the duty of the government • Opposed to dissolution of the Union unless what?

  10. Journal Entry • What is your overall opinion of Douglass? • How do you view his feelings in light of Thoreau and his ideas in Civil Disobedience? • Discuss your experiences with the history of Frederick Douglass today? • Should we read more of him?

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