Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass, Born a slave, was a man who changed the way we think. He was a man who supported Women's rights in the 19th century, which was a new concept in the Americas. He believed that Women’s lives were similar to African American rights in terms of equality. He lived a life worth remembering because he changed generations during and after his time. He gave people a reason to listen, which many African Americans at the time were unable to do. Douglass got their attention because of his story of how he was a slave and how he got to where he was. He explains this in”An American Slave”(authors and artists for young adults, 1)in 1845. An autobiography that he wrote to prove his origins as a slave.
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He was one of the first men to take it seriously and to put in the work to help the cause. That cause was Women’s rights. Douglass was a feminist and helped build it up to what it is to be one up until what one is today. While he fought for Women’s rights too because he believed they were going through the same experiences and inequality. “Recognizing the fight of Women as similar to that of African Americans in that they lacked most of the same economic and political rights”(Feminist Writers, 2). Frederick helped build up what we know as feminism because he spoke at the first National Woman's rights convention in 1850. “The National Woman's Rights Convention was an annual series of meetings that increased the visibility of the early women's rights movement in the United States.”(“National Women's Rights Convention.” Wikipedia, 1). According to frederick, this was a "grand movement for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women."(“Declaration of Sentiments.” Wikipedia,1). He saw the rights of women and African Americans as unequal. He fought for women just as much as he did for African Americans. He is widely known as a great feminist in History. During the National Woman’s rights convention in 1850, “Signs and banners proclaimed slogan-”Equality before the law without distinction of sex or color””(Feminist writers, 2)which Douglass strongly agreed …show more content…
He was a Man for the history books and a Man for women and men of all races, but he was also an“Orator, abolitionist, newspaper and magazine editor, writer, and political reformer.”(Authors and artists for young adults, 1). He was a Man for Women and Men of all races because he not only supported African American rights, but woman’s rights too. “The rights of African Americans and women are almost equivalent.”(Feminist writers, 2). The people you are sitting next to, would not all be there if it was not for Frederick Douglass. He opened up ideas that would allow people to fight for African Americans and Women. He is the original thought on how everyone is equal in that he saw that black people and people of color were fighting the same fight as women and women of color. Men who believed for one cause, often didn’t believe in the other. They would see white women as equal, but not men or women of color. Some would believe that men of color were equal to white men but women were unequal. There was almost always, if not always, some form of prejudice in everyone at this time, but Frederick Douglass was the first one to speak out on equality for everyone race and
Frederick Douglass, Born a slave, was a man who changed the way we think. He was a man who supported Women's rights in the 19th century, which was a new concept in the Americas. He believed that Women’s lives were similar to African American rights in terms of equality. He lived a life worth remembering because he changed generations during and after his time. He gave people a reason to listen, which many African Americans at the time were unable to do. Douglass got their attention because of his story of how he was a slave and how he got to where he was. He explains this in”An American Slave”(authors and artists for young adults, 1)in 1845. An autobiography that he wrote to prove his origins as a slave.
Frederick was …show more content…
He was one of the first men to take it seriously and to put in the work to help the cause. That cause was Women’s rights. Douglass was a feminist and helped build it up to what it is to be one up until what one is today. While he fought for Women’s rights too because he believed they were going through the same experiences and inequality. “Recognizing the fight of Women as similar to that of African Americans in that they lacked most of the same economic and political rights”(Feminist Writers, 2). Frederick helped build up what we know as feminism because he spoke at the first National Woman's rights convention in 1850. “The National Woman's Rights Convention was an annual series of meetings that increased the visibility of the early women's rights movement in the United States.”(“National Women's Rights Convention.” Wikipedia, 1). According to frederick, this was a "grand movement for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women."(“Declaration of Sentiments.” Wikipedia,1). He saw the rights of women and African Americans as unequal. He fought for women just as much as he did for African Americans. He is widely known as a great feminist in History. During the National Woman’s rights convention in 1850, “Signs and banners proclaimed slogan-”Equality before the law without distinction of sex or color””(Feminist writers, 2)which Douglass strongly agreed …show more content…
He was a Man for the history books and a Man for women and men of all races, but he was also an“Orator, abolitionist, newspaper and magazine editor, writer, and political reformer.”(Authors and artists for young adults, 1). He was a Man for Women and Men of all races because he not only supported African American rights, but woman’s rights too. “The rights of African Americans and women are almost equivalent.”(Feminist writers, 2). The people you are sitting next to, would not all be there if it was not for Frederick Douglass. He opened up ideas that would allow people to fight for African Americans and Women. He is the original thought on how everyone is equal in that he saw that black people and people of color were fighting the same fight as women and women of color. Men who believed for one cause, often didn’t believe in the other. They would see white women as equal, but not men or women of color. Some would believe that men of color were equal to white men but women were unequal. There was almost always, if not always, some form of prejudice in everyone at this time, but Frederick Douglass was the first one to speak out on equality for everyone race and