Frederick Benteen

Frederick Douglass wrote the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ten years before the publication of his later work, My Bondage and My Freedom. Between the writing of the two books, Douglass changed his perspective on slavery entirely in that he decided that the nature of the United States Constitution was a primarily anti-slavery document rather than pro-slavery. His writing adapted to his new view on slavery and how it should be handled in that he began to take on a more forceful,…

Disciplining Slave Ironworkers in the Antebellum South: Coercion, Conciliation, and Accommodation, by Charles B. Dew aims to present an analysis of the civility shared between slave owners and slaves in the iron industry. Dew focuses his analysis on the ironworks owned by William Weaver in the Valley of Virginia. By only using sources produced by slave owners and managers, Dew fails to thoroughly consider the perspectives of Weaver’s slaves and how his disciplinary and capitalist actions…

In contemporary society, the brutality of slavery is fairly well understood, and taught frequently in history courses. One of the documentations the general public has access to which explains in a clear amount of detail how inhuman slavery was is a memoir written by Olaudah Equiano, in which he describes his account of slavery. Although one could argue that Olaudah Equiano himself was fortunate for an enslaved African American during the 18th century he was still witness to many accounts of…

To save the lives of people, the firefighter is there to risk their own life just to save others. They are considered to be the real heroes of the world. Their main duty is to save the life of a civilian and to protect the civilian property. When a firefighter enters the burning building, the first main purpose of him is to save the life of the civilians and then to ensure that less damage is made to the property (Kunadharaju, Smith & DeJoy, 2011). When these two goals are accomplished, the…

abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, gave a speech known as, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, to an audience of religious, middle class women. His speech was about the hope of influencing an audience to end slavery because it was an inhumane action, for everyone to be equal and to end inequality among humans. Even though slavery eventually becomes abolished, the social inequality between the human race does not and still has not been achieved, yet acknowledged well enough. Frederick…

was old enough he’d be sold and witness horrors slavery forced upon him before being sent off to Boston to live with the Auld’s where he’d learn his ABC’s and soon enough start to teach himself how to read and write. Though living centuries apart, Frederick Douglass…

really want it, you will fight for it. If not you will just have to wait until it comes to you, that is if it can. The names of the narratives are “A True Story. Repeated Word for Word as I Heard it.” By Mark Twain, My Bondage And My Freedom by Frederick Douglass, Clay Has Vivid Memory by Clay Smith, and “Story Of An Ex-Slave” by Parmella M. Anderson. It may not be easy but if you set your mind to it and work hard, it can be achieved. The first story is “A True Story. Repeated…

slavery were called abolitionists and they were found throughout the United States. One of the most famous abolitionists was Frederick Douglass. Douglass was a politician, lecturer, writer, and also a former slave. Frederick Douglass’ fame began when he was a young adult, and it continued to grow as he fought for his rights and freedom through his speeches and writings. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born in Tuckahoe,…

Abraham Lincoln is known as the president that brought Slavery in America to its deathbed. Frederick Douglass is known as a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. These two heroes of history have been studied tremendously by historians analyzing the impact they have had on our nation’s history. However, many people have not taken the time to connect the dots of history, connecting each character of history with another. That is what James Oakes has done with his book “The Radical and the…

still felt uneasy after the event. Who was Fredrick Douglass and what did he do? Frederick Douglass was born a slave in the northern state of Maryland and his owner’s wife thought that it was right for Frederick to learn how to read and write English. He escaped from his slave life when he forged a pass onto a steamboat. He went on to publish the North Star which was one of the first anti-slavery newspapers. Frederick also helped 38,500 former slaves serve in the Union army during the Civil…