It's helpful to know a little bit about them as human beings, not just what they're known for historically.Ī decade after his escape from slavery, Frederick Douglass sent a letter to his former owner. I think it is really important to think about historical figures as people-as regular, ordinary figures. A lot of us see him as an orator, but he was also a father, a husband, and a grandfather. I'd like to present a different perspective on Frederick Douglass. Earlier this month at our "American Writing on the Civil War" teacher workshop, Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, shared these insights on the life and work of Frederick Douglass.
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