The slave is a human being, divested of all rights—reduced to the level of a brute—a mere "chattel" in the eye of the law—placed beyond the circle of human brotherhood—cut off from his kind—his name, which the "recording angel" may have enrolled in heaven, among the blest, is impiously inserted in a master's ledger, with horses, sheep, and swine. To what other elements in the American political tradition does he appeal? As we finish our third week of classes and #COVID1LIVE Streamed @ Silver Hall: Diana ChittesterNew student-run Physical Resource Center—or “freestore”—aims to alleviate financial burden on students

As a general rule, then, darkness reigns over the abodes of the enslaved, and "how great is that darkness!" Where are his newspapers? "The Nature of Slavery." He was invited to give a fourth of July speech by the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester. Frederick Douglass, a prominent abolitionist and ex-slave, visited Cleveland several times to bolster the anti-slavery movement, often speaking directly to black activists. Goading as have been the cruelties to which I have been subjected—bitter as have been the trials through which I have passed—exasperating as have been, and still are, the indignities offered to my manhood—I find in them no excuse for the slightest departure from truth in dealing with any branch of this subject. While this nation is guilty of the enslavement of three millions of innocent men and women, it is as idle to think of having a sound and lasting peace, as it is to think there is no God to take cognizance of the affairs of men. It will be condemned; and while it is condemned there will be agitation. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.Why does Douglass appeal to the Constitution in the last section of the speech? Frederick Douglass, ""The Nature of Slavery." In consideration of these facts, I feel that I have a right to speak, and to speak strongly. During the 1850s, Frederick Douglass typically spent about six months of the year travelling extensively, giving lectures. Far be it from me to underrate the sufferings of the Irish people. No thanks to the slaveholder, nor to slavery, that the vivacious captive may sometimes dance in his chains; his very mirth in such circumstances stands before God as an accusing angel against his enslaver.

The very accompaniments of the slave system stamp it as the offspring of hell itself. Yet he does not heap scorn upon the document that included the three-fifths compromise, the fugitive slave clause and the extension of the Atlantic slave trade to 1808. Abolitionist Frederick Douglass spoke about Independence Day in Rochester, pointing out that when the least of us lack liberty, the celebration rings hollow. But ask the slave what is his condition—what his state of mind—what he thinks of enslavement? Slavery is always slavery; always the same foul, haggard, and damning scourge, whether found in the eastern or in the western hemisphere.https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/45/my-bondage-and-my-freedom/1512/the-nature-of-slavery-extract-from-a-lecture-on-slavery-at-rochester-december-1-1850/

slavery, Douglass delivered a speech that took aim at the pieties of the nation -- the cherished memories of its revolution, its principles of liberty, and its moral and religious foundation.

The true reason or explanation of the matter is this: there is the greatest unanimity of opinion among the white population in the south in favor of the policy of keeping the slave in ignorance. He is said to be happy; happy men can speak. His friendship with President Abraham Lincoln expanded the president’s thinking about the Civil War.National Abolition Hall of Fame and MuseumDouglass spoke at anti-slavery conventions in Peterboro and throughout Central New York and worked with Smith in organizing the famous 1850 Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our This daguerreotype, from the collection of the

But how is it with the American slave? The beauty of the world!

Yet I must say that there is no analogy between the two cases. ""The Nature of Slavery." 1855. In law, the slave has no wife, no children, no country, and no home.

He can own nothing, possess nothing, acquire nothing, but what must belong to another. My childhood was environed by the baneful peculiarities of the slave system.

@kelvinsmithlibrary first opened Extract from a Lecture on Slavery, at Rochester, December 1, 1850." The paragon of animals!"