http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927.html
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, Learned to read and write, And escaped into the North at the age of twenty-one. He became the most famous black man of his time, Speaking and writing against slavery. Douglass called, " The idea of being a free man some day" a dream that " All the powers of slavery" could not destroy. On July 4th, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a speech that placed the shame of slavery on the whole nation, Not just the South.
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, Learned to read and write, And escaped into the North at the age of twenty-one. He became the most famous black man of his time, Speaking and writing against slavery. Douglass called, " The idea of being a free man some day" a dream that " All the powers of slavery" could not destroy. On July 4th, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a speech that placed the shame of slavery on the whole nation, Not just the South.
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