Compare And Contrast Frederick Douglass And Abraham Lincoln

For my topic on Frederick Douglass’ narrative and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”, I will discuss several details and points. These points will include Douglass’ adversity as a slave and Emerson’s journey in making sense of his life and self-identity. Also, in the discussion, I will add the similarities and differences between the thoughts of Douglass and Emerson on how each felt about their masters or Whites in general. These thoughts include Douglass’ reasoning of writing his autobiography, so that the reader it was intended for could understand why abolishing slavery was so important and Emerson’s hope that people would use their inner voice and learn to confront the issues on hand and not what others wanted to instill onto slaves.

Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass are both powerful speakers and influential figures during their times especially during the Civil War in the 1800s. Through their powerful speeches, they spread their ideas through oratory which appealed and captivated their audience with their powerful speeches. Both Lincoln and Douglass have a different standing when concern of their social and political position in the economy, whereas one is the president of the Whig Party and President of the United State during the time of the Civil War and the other one is a runaway slave who devoted his entire life to ending slavery and the Civil Rights of so many African Americans. It can also be said to their different approach on a topic such as slavery. Douglass

Now in new York City Douglass started the publication of his own newspaper, the North Star, which was later renamed Frederick Douglass’ Paper and Douglass Monthly. It soon became the most popular anti-slavery newspaper along the liberator. Now with a wider audience and being able to influence his thoughts on millions of people he became one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement on his own

Being one of the last stops until freedom in Canada, Douglass also was a “conductor” of the underground railroad and worked closely with Gerrit Smith and John Brown on anti-slavery movements. He continued his writing by publishing a second book named My Bondage and My Freedom and ran his own newspaper, the North Star. His new autobiography goes through his experience in slavery but also adds points of his lectures around the world. On July 4th, 1852, Douglass was invited to speak and he spoke the truth about what this day was like to slaves.

It is evidently drawn with a nice eye, and the coloring is chaste and subdued...” (123). Here, an anonymous author writing in The Liberator demonstrates exactly this, that the book is addressed to those who already sympathize with Douglass’ cause of abolitionism, but also to those who are undecided on the issue of slavery. This goal is only furthered by the author’s next point, where he suggests that Douglass’ description of his condition is “subdued”, despite Douglass’ vivid descriptions of the beatings that slaves, as well as himself, have received for even minor slights against their masters. In his “Fourth of July” speech, though, Douglass’ audience is far different.

Abraham Lincoln, Frederic Douglass, were one of the most appealing well-known speakers, people who did believe that slavery was morally wrong and devote their lives to fight for freedom. However, there are several differences between the view of the Constitution’s position differences between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Kansas-Nebraska Act indicated that the recognition of slavery should be determined by the decision of these residents (popular or squatter sovereignty). This act itself conflicted heavily with the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, which was essentially seen as the admittance of slavery anywhere in the country. This act made a political issue of confrontation between North and South.

Black culture in America was on the rise as well. While many African 's were enslaved during the 1840 's, their traditional customs such as dance, music, and storytelling reached the grounds of freedom. Ex-slave Frederick Douglass published his autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in May of 1845 (1). Douglass was very influential to black culture in that he was able to intelligently speak on his experiences as a slave, and lead different reforms against slavery. In 1842, he led a successful campaign against Rhode Island 's Dorr Constitution which was to continue the prohibition on black voting rights(2); in 1847 he began his own newspaper entitled The North Star (2); and in 1848 he was amongst a handful of men who attended the first Women 's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York.

Two Great Men “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. ”- Thomas a. Edison Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington were both amazing civil rights activists. Frederick Douglas was a runaway slave who worked to end slavery.

Lincoln and Douglass were self-made, self-educated, and ambitious, and each rose to success from humble backgrounds. Douglass, of course, was an escaped slave. Douglass certainly and Lincoln most likely detested slavery from his youngest days. But Lincoln from his young manhood was a consummate politician devoted to compromise, consensus-building, moderation and indirection. Douglass was a reformer who spoke and wrote eloquently and with passion for the abolition of slavery

The ability to read and write is both creative and destructive. This ability opens your eyes to the world and how beautiful it can be. It also has the potential to destroy your entire grip on reality and expose you to the actual world you live in. It imprisons you yet, releases you from your mental confinement. Some people never escape from this confinement, some do; and those who escape sometimes go on to do great things in life.

Both King and Douglass were advocating for the same thing: their constitutional sanction of freedom. Both men, in their respective letters touch upon parallel thoughts and beliefs that revolve around the much bigger topic of racial inequality and discrimination. Both men were discriminated against and they talk about their experiences and plight in their very distinctive yet special styles. Born in the year 1817, in an era of open and unashamed slave trade, Frederick Douglass’s story begins as a serf to Mrs. Hugh in the city of Maryland.

Fredrick Douglas and Benjamin Franklin are both one of the most famous successful in American history. They both followed a certain milestone to make them successful. Even though they are considered hard workers, they both have different obstacles and different views in their lifestyle. Fredrick Douglas used to be a slave who was a fugitive and Benjamin Franklin was young white man who had a rough time with his parent because his parents are very abusive to him. By comparing the difference and similarities by these two great people in American history even though they had their rough times, that does not stop them from their success.

Both Frederick Douglas and Malcolm X were born into situations where they did not know much about or interact frequently with their parents. In Frederick Douglas’ case, he was separated from his mother when he was an infant, and he only saw her a few times when he was very young (Douglas 13-14). When it comes to Douglas’ father, all he knew of him was that he was a white man who may or may not have been his master (Douglas 13). Malcolm X ’s

Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass both have interesting ways of writing. There are similarities and differences in their writing. They each have their own personal preference toward their style, tone, and perspective. Each story was a remembrance of boyhood written in first person. As evident, Twain’s story takes place as a boy in a town on the Mississippi River.

“...GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME DEATH!” (Henry 92). Freedom is a right that every living human being deserves and needs; however, in the early years of America, this right was withheld from a copious amount of people because of the prejudice, judgemental, and immoral atmosphere of an America that ironically fought for its own freedom from Great Britain. Although some people were outspoken enough to bravely insist upon change, the change requested always transpired slower than molasses. Nevertheless, the persuasion and rhetoric in powerful speeches such as those from passionate speakers: Frederick Douglass, Thomas Paine, and Patrick Henry, compelled their stubborn country to truly think deeper and take action concerning the elephant in the room.