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Cross-posted from “Nina going off today” by @seahorse@midwest.social in !antifascism@midwest.social
Cross-posted from “Nina going off today” by @seahorse@midwest.social in !antifascism@midwest.social
Never heard of them
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery 1818, in Maryland. He escaped at age twenty, and went on to became a prolific author, public speaker, and political activist, in service of fighting for the abolition of slavery.
They’ve never heard of you either
In the USA, humans were enslaved. Abolitionists, such as Frederick Douglass, resisted the practice of slavery. There are many important abolitionist figures. I’m fond of John Brown.
Guess they are one of the kind of people you know if you are from that particular county, but if you are you do in fact know who they were.
Very important to American history, but yeah I don’t think he’d be much important outside of here. Maybe Liberia.
Unfortunately, I would wager that the average American doesn’t know who he is either.
Certainly the caricature of all of the worst parts of America doesn’t know who he was:
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/donald-trump-frederick-douglass