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Frederick Douglass was an American abolitionist & author who escaped slavery & arrived in Ireland in 1845. He first took a boat that arrived at the port of Liverpool before two days later sailing to Dublin with the intention...
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Frederick Douglass was an American abolitionist & author who escaped slavery & arrived in Ireland in 1845. He first took a boat that arrived at the port of Liverpool before two days later sailing to Dublin with the intention...
...of publishing his narrative. He wrote the best selling autobiography - 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave'. He was well known for his eloquent speeches but once his book published, he feared his life was in danger and his masters would know where..
he was, so he fled from Boston.
...His time in Ireland can be characterised as being 'transformative'. During his time in Ireland, he gave almost 50 lectures across the country. This time also coincided with Daniel O'Connell and the campaign to repeal the Act of Union of 1800...
...His time in Ireland can be characterised as being 'transformative'. During his time in Ireland, he gave almost 50 lectures across the country. This time also coincided with Daniel O'Connell and the campaign to repeal the Act of Union of 1800...
...He loved the experience in Ireland, as he wrote to his mentor, William Lloyd Garrison, "I find myself not treated as color, but as a man". This is his reflection of being free from slavery, being safe and seen as equal among the Irish...
...He helped garner support for Irish freedom from British rule but contested the comparison to America with the term of 'slavery' that was so commonly used by everyone in Ireland to compare the treatment of the Irish by Britain. He argued in a famous speech in Ireland that...
...Ireland were oppressed but not slaves. His response was "that if slavery existed here, it ought to be put down, and the generous in the land ought to rise and scatter it's fragments to the winds". He wanted to be clear in his remarks that the Irish experience was very...
...different, because unlike the black slaves in America, the Irish were free to marry, move around and emigrate.
Frederick helped explain the meaning of slavery while at the same time fighting the cause that everyone should be free from oppression that still stands today.
Frederick helped explain the meaning of slavery while at the same time fighting the cause that everyone should be free from oppression that still stands today.
