Frederick Douglass Part 1: After Fighting the “Slave Breaker” for 2 Hours, the Whippings Stopped, and Douglass Changed the World!

In 1889, former slave, and current ambassador to Haiti, Frederick Douglass, received a phone call from the future …

If you’re looking for inspiration about what is possible in the United States, Frederick Douglass is your man. After being born into slavery and seeing every form of violence to himself and his family, he didn’t fold under the pressure, instead he harnessed that energy and used it to fight those that believed the black man was property. In this podcast you’ll hear:

Why there were no lynchings before the civil war, but after, they were an everyday event where people would show up, invite friends, and watch.

What did Douglass do as an escaped slave once his bestselling book let everyone know exactly where he was? How did he react when the master that owned him threatened to legally reclaim his property?

And finally, despite his love of the camera and being the most photographed person of the 19^th century, why did he intentionally never smile for a single photograph?

Although Douglass didn’t want violence, he understood that revolution would require it. And if slavery was going to be abolished, that violent revolution would be inevitable and needed to be done now!

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