1 / 11

The Union Is Tested

The Union Is Tested. Frederick Douglass, the spirituals, Sojourner Truth, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, and Ambrose Bierce. Frederick Douglass 1817-1895. He was born on a Maryland plantation as Frederick Bailey. His father was a white man.

willow
Download Presentation

The Union Is Tested

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Union Is Tested Frederick Douglass, the spirituals, Sojourner Truth, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, and Ambrose Bierce

  2. Frederick Douglass 1817-1895 • He was born on a Maryland plantation as Frederick Bailey. • His father was a white man. • He was separated shortly after birth from his enslaved mother. • He was sent to live with the Auld family at 8. • Mr. Auld sent him to a “slave breaker”, which did not work on Douglass.

  3. More on Douglass . . . • He escaped to freedom when he was 20 and changed his name to Frederick Douglass. • He spoke at an antislavery meeting in 1841, which made him very nervous. • Many doubted he had been a slave, so he wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. • He fled to England because of the information included in the novel, which could have gotten him caught.

  4. A Happy Ending? • Some English friends collected enough money to buy Douglass’ freedom, which allowed him to return to the U.S. • He created The North Star, an antislavery newspaper. • Expanded his autobiography and republished it as My Bondage and My Freedom in 1855 and again in 1881 as Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.

  5. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” “One cannot easily forget to love freedom . . .”“. . . education and slavery are incompatible with each other.”

  6. Spirituals • No one knows the exact author(s) of the spirituals. • They are part of the oral African-American slave tradition. • They combined the texts and tunes of Christian hymns with elements of African music (finger-snapping, clapping, etc.) • Many had a “call and response” pattern.

  7. Why sing the spirituals? • Worship • Pass the time while performing manual labor • Pass information to others • Encoded messages • Double meanings

  8. Sojourner Truth 1797-1883 • Born a slave • Was NOT born with the name Sojourner Truth • Had several cruel owners • Endured many beatings • Escaped when she was 29 • Changed her name to Isabella Van Wagener because of the people who gave her refuge

  9. God’s Voice • Believed God spoke to her • Changed her name to Sojourner Truth when she was 46 • Became a traveling preacher spreading God’s word or “truth” • Began to weave antislavery ideas into her preaching • Began speaking out on Women’s Rights • Gave her “And Ain’t I a Woman” speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, OH

  10. On the Outside . . . • Truth was almost 6 ft. tall. • She had a deep, smooth voice that was great for speaking to large crowds. • She had an ability to quiet rowdy crowds and win over doubters.

  11. Working Tirelessly • Helped gather supplies and money for black volunteer regiments during the Civil War • Counseled former slaves as a member of the National Freedman’s Relief Association • Moved back to Battle Creek, MI (where she had lived earlier in life) when she was 78 • Had the largest funeral ever held in Battle Creek

More Related