HISTORY

Frederick Douglass (the revolutionist)

Frederick Douglass (the revolutionist)

Introduction

Slavery was already a social and economic institution known since antiquity more remote. It had evolved from one form domain post-war situations semi-economic domain indulge them, until the stranglehold of one man by another under pre-capitalist society of the Middle Ages. More than known, we can say that institution at the time of the great discoveries and the initiation of European expansion in the world. America is precisely that which gives new shape and meaning to this ancient form of domination of man by man.

Origin & History

The history of Afro-Americans is a respected and a constitutional field of American history. In order to show black participation in the nation's growth and development, to prove the inevitability of black equality, or to demonstrate the inexorable progress made by Afro-Americans. It conducted as a distinct area of inquiry, within the discipline of history, with black people as its primary focus to reveal their thought and activities over time and place. As we approach the twenty-first century, the time has come to assess and evaluate the historical outpouring of the last few decades (Berlin, 2009).

African Americans got largely discriminated on the basis of colour. White Americans do not give them chance to come forward in any field of life. This practiced since the centuries. They entered America and settled themselves. They consider themselves as Americans, but the people who were already part of America, did not accept those African Americans (Blank, 2004). This made the life of African Americans miserable and difficult. The benefits which were enjoyed, by the white Americans, were far better than those of African Americans. It is important to note that it got practiced since 17th and 18th century, as a lot of scholars has revealed the facts in their researches (Ayers, 2010).

Frederick Douglass (the revolutionist)

Frederick Douglass was born with the condition of slavery and suffered corporal punishment and humiliation for a very long time. In those days of infamy got committed to forcing free blacks to move to the west coast of Africa. To do this, the American Colonization Society, with support from the United States government, established in 1821 the colony of Liberia. In 1847, it became a republic "independent" but she moved to African Americans were never able to integrate socially with the African population.

Douglass and other black abolitionists opposed the so-called "return" to Africa since blacks could not "return" to a place where they had never been and in many cases, neither the ancestors of several generations. United States, Douglass said, "is the true home of black Americans.

Early childhood

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born on 20th February 1818, in Talbot County Maryland between Holmes Hill Farms. His father was a white man his mother, Harriet Bailey (1792-c1825) was that the white man's slave. He separated from his mother after his birth and was sent to live with the children of his own age, who were not ready to work. His mother came to visit him whenever she gets ...