ENG 1000C Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Emancipation Proclamation
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Fredrick douglass: he wrote many autobiographies, narrative of an american slave (narrative of frederick. Civil war broke out: by then he had spoken enough about anti-slavery that abraham. Lincoln wanted to have a meeting with him. Lincoln said we are loosing the war and i need your help to bring in soldiers: douglass said only if you start pushing a war against slavery, emancipation proclamation was influenced by douglass. Helped the haitians and the dominicans: was an ambassador, fought for those countries. He went to europe (ireland), to help fight for irish rights and end the potato famine (britain was taxing potatoes so high, they couldn"t eat it) In europe, his new friends abroad bought his freedom () In his last speech, he was the first public figure to say that women should have the right to vote: basically fought for those who were not equal in the eyes of the law.