Frederick Douglass

In this address Frederick Douglass paid tribute to John Brown and his raid on Harper's Ferry, portraying it as a pivotal event that brought the nation towards the brink of Civil War. He spoke in admiration of Brown and remarked on his willingness to use violence if necessary to end the…

<p><span class="deck">The fiercest struggle going on in education is about who owns the past. Passionate multi-culturalists say that traditional history- teaching has brushed out minority ethnic identities. Their opponents say that radical multi-culturalism leads toward national fragmentation.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A 19th-century blueprint for the savings-and-loan scandal</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The former prairie-lawyer and then-president and the ex-slave and outspoken abolitionist formed an unusual friendship.</span></p>

<p>In what many consider the greatest anti-slavery oration ever given, Frederick Douglass called for “the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.”</p>

<p>As he later recounted in his memoirs, Frederick Douglass endured daily beatings and forced labor before taking his chances on the road to freedom.</p>