Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Constitution, 1845

Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Constitution, 1845
Author: Mark Higbee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2016
Genre: Abolitionists
ISBN:

A game that utilizes the 'Reacting to the Past' method to educate college students about slavery and abolitionism. "In the first part of the game, is a review of the newly published 'The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself' at a literary forum hosted by the illustrious English author Charles Dickens in New York. The second part of th game focuses upon John C. Calhoun of South Carolina and his view of slavery as a 'positive good.' Finally, players address the U.S. Constitution, its original protections of the slaveholders' power, and the question, are Americans more beholden to the Constitution or to some "higher law"? Each part of the game is a Meeting."

Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Constitution, 1845

Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Constitution, 1845
Author: Mark Higbee
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Antislavery movements
ISBN: 9780393680638

Reacting to the Past is an award-winning series of immersive role-playing games that actively engage students in their own learning. Students assume the roles of historical characters to practice critical thinking, primary source analysis, and both written and spoken argument. Reacting games are flexible enough to be used across the curriculum, from first-year general education classes and discussion sections of lecture classes to capstone experiences and honors programs.

The Constitutional Convention of 1787

The Constitutional Convention of 1787
Author: John Patrick Coby
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2022-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469672278

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 brings to life the debates that most profoundly shaped American government. As representatives to the convention, students must investigate the ideological arguments behind possible structures for a new government and create a new constitution.

A Glorious Liberty

A Glorious Liberty
Author: Damon Root
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2020-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1640123814

2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title In this timely and provocative book, Damon Root reveals how Frederick Douglass's fight for an antislavery Constitution helped to shape the course of American history in the nineteenth century and beyond. At a time when the principles of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence were under assault, Frederick Douglass picked up their banner, championing inalienable rights for all, regardless of race. When Americans were killing each other on the battlefield, Douglass fought for a cause greater than the mere preservation of the Union. "No war but an Abolition war," he maintained. "No peace but an Abolition peace." In the aftermath of the Civil War, when state and local governments were violating the rights of the recently emancipated, Douglass preached the importance of "the ballot-box, the jury-box, and the cartridge-box" in the struggle against Jim Crow. Frederick Douglass, the former slave who had secretly taught himself how to read, would teach the American people a thing or two about the true meaning of the Constitution. This is the story of a fundamental debate that goes to the very heart of America's founding ideals--a debate that is still very much with us today.

My Escape from Slavery

My Escape from Slavery
Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781978444942

Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland around February 1818. He escaped in 1838, but in each of the three accounts he wrote of his life he did not give any details of how he gained his freedom lest slaveholders use the information to prevent other slaves from escaping, and to prevent those who had helped him from being punished.

The Color Of Abolition

The Color Of Abolition
Author: Linda Hirshman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1328900355

The story of the fascinating, fraught alliance among Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Weston Chapman—and how its breakup led to the success of America’s most important social movement. “Fresh, provocative and engrossing.” —New York Times In the crucial early years of the Abolition movement, the Boston branch of the cause seized upon the star power of the eloquent ex-slave Frederick Douglass to make its case for slaves’ freedom. Journalist William Lloyd Garrison promoted emancipation while Garrison loyalist Maria Weston Chapman, known as “the Contessa,” raised money and managed Douglass’s speaking tour from her Boston townhouse. Conventional histories have seen Douglass’s departure for the New York wing of the Abolition party as a result of a rift between Douglass and Garrison. But, as acclaimed historian Linda Hirshman reveals, this completely misses the woman in power. Weston Chapman wrote cutting letters to Douglass, doubting his loyalty; the Bostonian abolitionists were shot through with racist prejudice, even aiming the N-word at Douglass among themselves. Through incisive, original analysis, Hirshman convinces that the inevitable breakup was in fact a successful failure. Eventually, as the most sought-after Black activist in America, Douglass was able to dangle the prize of his endorsement over the Republican Party’s candidate for president, Abraham Lincoln. Two years later the abolition of slavery—if not the abolition of racism—became immutable law.

The Speeches of Frederick Douglass

The Speeches of Frederick Douglass
Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0300240694

A collection of twenty of Frederick Douglass’s most important orations This volume brings together twenty of Frederick Douglass’s most historically significant speeches on a range of issues, including slavery, abolitionism, civil rights, sectionalism, temperance, women’s rights, economic development, and immigration. Douglass’s oratory is accompanied by speeches that he considered influential, his thoughts on giving public lectures and the skills necessary to succeed in that endeavor, commentary by his contemporaries on his performances, and modern-day assessments of Douglass’s effectiveness as a public speaker and advocate.

The Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave Narrative

The Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave Narrative
Author: Audrey Fisch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2007-05-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139827596

The slave narrative has become a crucial genre within African American literary studies and an invaluable record of the experience and history of slavery in the United States. This Companion examines the slave narrative's relation to British and American abolitionism, Anglo-American literary traditions such as autobiography and sentimental literature, and the larger African American literary tradition. Special attention is paid to leading exponents of the genre such as Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, as well as many other, less well known examples. Further essays explore the rediscovery of the slave narrative and its subsequent critical reception, as well as the uses to which the genre is put by modern authors such as Toni Morrison. With its chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion provides both an easy entry point for students new to the subject and comprehensive coverage and original insights for scholars in the field.

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher:
Total Pages: 628
Release: 1882
Genre: Abolitionists
ISBN:

Frederick Douglass recounts early years of abuse, his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. It is also the only of Douglass's autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American presidents such as Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield.

No Property in Man

No Property in Man
Author: Sean Wilentz
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674241428

“Wilentz brings a lifetime of learning and a mastery of political history to this brilliant book.” —David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year Americans revere the Constitution even as they argue fiercely over its original toleration of slavery. In this essential reconsideration of the creation and legacy of our nation’s founding document, Sean Wilentz reveals the tortured compromises that led the Founders to abide slavery without legitimizing it, a deliberate ambiguity that fractured the nation seventy years later. Contesting the Southern proslavery version of the Constitution, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass pointed to the framers’ refusal to validate what they called “property in man.” No Property in Man has opened a fresh debate about the political and legal struggles over slavery that began during the Revolution and concluded with the Civil War. It drives straight to the heart of the single most contentious issue in all of American history. “Revealing and passionately argued...[Wilentz] insists that because the framers did not sanction slavery as a matter of principle, the antislavery legacy of the Constitution has been...‘misconstrued’ for over 200 years.” —Khalil Gibran Muhammad, New York Times “Wilentz’s careful and insightful analysis helps us understand how Americans who hated slavery, such as Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, could come to see the Constitution as an ally in their struggle.” —Eric Foner