...English 200 Argumentative Synthesis DeAloia Length: 3—4 pages, formatted according to MLA style Audience: College-level reader familiar with the work of Frederick Douglass and of Erich Fromm at a general level Purpose: In this assignment you will use three skills fundamental to academic writing—summarizing, analyzing, and synthesizing. These skills will also help begin to build our theme, the tensions and complexities involved in the struggle between free will and obedience. Points: 100 Due Dates: 11:00 p.m., February 10: Send thesis paragraph & outline of rough draft—as a Word document formatted according to MLA style*—to instructor via UD email attachment Optional: on your own and as you wish, arrange to exchange rough drafts with a peer for feedback via Isidore Chat, visit the Write Place, and/or visit DeAloia during office hours with your questions* 11:00 p.m., February 12: Instructor provides feedback on thesis paragraphs & outlines of rough drafts via UD email attachment 11:00 p.m., February 14**: As an attachment in Word, submit final draft of Argumentative Synthesis to Isidore Assignments, “Argumentative Synthesis” *NOTE: For additional information on how to......
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...Running Head: Frederick Douglas Independence Day Speech Frederick Douglas Independence Day Speech [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] Frederick Douglas Independence Day Speech Introduction In the nineteenth century, many communities and cities in America celebrates Independence Day with a solemn reading of the Declaration of Independence, followed by a general direction, either oral or a speech marking the celebration of independence and heritage of the American Revolution founding fathers. On July 5, 1852 "Ladies Society of slavery in Rochester, New York, suggested that Douglas will be the keynote speaker during the celebration of Independence Day. Mr. Douglas denounced the journalists and advocates of the abolition of slavery of African origin as the evil of slavery, which still prevails in South America at the time. He received a sheer support from the Declaration of Independence and established the general principles of American institutions that will work inevitably to depose slavery. Analytical Summary In the darkest moments of World War II, on July 4 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reminded the nation that the democratic freedom which was claimed by the citizens has been established for them. According to him, July 4 is a tonic of hope and inspiration for all the nation. So the people should stand stronga and fight for freedom in this dark hour. People received this message as a breath of security, right to liberty......
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...Comparing and Contrasting: Franklin and Anzaldua Expression: conveying of opinions publicly without interference by the government: “freedom of expression. (1)” Many artists express themselves through various ways; for various reasons. Frederick Douglass in his essay “How to Read” and Gloria Anzaldua’s essay “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” both express themselves through publicly released literature, and these two essays have successfully achieved to have common similarities and unique differences. For example, both authors have the same interpretation for literacy, and literacy to them means to overcome negativity and prevail from hate from another individual that shows them injustice. For differences, Franklin’s essay was to learn how to read (and also write), while Gloria’s essay was about having to speaking English and suppressing her various styles of the Spanish language. After reading this fabulous essay, you will understand why the authors chose their topics, their relation to each other, and why they are different. Douglass was raised a black male slave in the 1840’s. For slaves, reading and writing was not acceptable because the man did not want black people to have any sense of resisting slavery. Although that rule was in effect, Douglass found a way to get around that law. He would sneak magazines and newspapers to read, and he was taught how to read and write by his mistress and some “little white boys”, who he’d convert into teachers. Most thought that......
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...Wisconsin in 1985 with a thesis titled “Keeping Faith in Jubilee : Fredrick Douglass and the Meaning of the Civil War.”Before Yale University, he taught at Amherst College for thirteen years. He has wrote many annotated editions on slavery and as of late, he is working on another biography of Fredrick Douglass.He has received a handful of awards, these include: Lincoln Prize,Bancroft Prize,Fredrick Douglass Prize, Merle Curti award and James A. Rawley prize. Anyhow The introduction by David Blight was very well constructed and It would’ve helped if...
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...Frederick Douglass By: Francisco Bogado and Fátima Espinoza Frederick Douglass was born in a slave cabin, in February 1818. When he was about eight, he was sent to Baltimore to live as a servant with his mother’s relatives. Returning to the east coast, around the age of fifteen, Douglass became a field hand, and experienced most of the horrifying conditions that plagued slaves during the 270 years of legalized slavery in America. Douglass shared his knowledge with others enslaved. Hired by William Freeland, he taught other slaves on the plantation to read the New Testament in a weekly religious service. The interest was so great that in a week, more than 40 slaves attended classes. In 1838 Douglass escaped from slavery. He first went to New York City. He was internationally recognized as an uncompromising abolitionist, indefatigable worker for justice and equal opportunity and unyielding defender of women's rights. He became a trusted advisor to Abraham Lincoln, United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, Recorder of Deeds in Washington, DC, and the Minister General of the Republic of Haiti. In 1843 while he was in New Bedford, he began to read the liberator, an abolitionist journal. He also attended anti-slavery meetings held in African American Churches. Douglass was chased and beaten by an angry mob before being rescued by a local family Quaker. Douglass credited The Columbian Orator with clarifying and defining his views on human rights. In 1848, he was the......
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...Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass condemns slavery so well because of who wrote it, and there is no anger just fact. Douglass tells his story with such grace that the reader can almost picture themselves in his place. The person who wrote The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was a slave, Frederick Douglass himself. Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland “near Hillsborough” (Douglass 1521). No one knows what year he was born even he says he has no “accurate knowledge of my age” (Douglass 1521) and he was no allowed to ask. His mother was Harriet Bailey, “darker” (Douglass 1521) than his grandmother or grandfather and his father an unnamed “white man” (Douglass 1521), although some think it was his first master. He never saw his mother more than “four or five times in his life” (Douglass 1521) as it was custom to take the infant away from the mother before its twelfth month. Frederick Douglass finally decided that “upon the third day of September” he was going to make a break for his freedom at which he succeeded as he reaches New York “without the slightest interruption of any kind” (Douglass 1571). Frederick Douglass goes about writing about horrific things in such a manner that you don’t get a sense that he is angry. One of the first of such things he talks about is what was done to an aunt of his by a Mr. Plummer where he would “tie up to a joist and whip upon her naked back till......
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...The Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave Written by himself Throughout its autobiography, Douglass narrates his life as a slave, from his birth, in 1818, in a plantation of Maryland, to his evasion in 1838, which allowed him to take refuge in the North of the United States. He quickly became there a figure eminent and respected by the abolitionist movement to which he dedicated then all his energies. At first, we shall focus on the inhuman conditions from which Douglass suffered. Then we shall redraw the road he took towards freedom. We shall finally analyze how Douglass criticizes various institutions. The author makes us go right to the heart of the absolute horror of the institution of slavery. Throughout his personal experience, Frederick Douglass counts us the story of thousands of other slaves who were subjected to the same conditions under the influence of the white slaveholders in the southern plantations. Thus, this account illustrates how these human beings were condemned to a terrible tragedy that was inherent to their color. Being black justified their entrance to a process of dehumanization. From his youngest age, Douglass suffered from identity issue. He expressed his disorientation due to not knowing his father or his date of birth[1]. He was also deprived from experiencing the protection and the love that a family should bring. Indeed, he was separated from his mother at the age of one and in spite of his blood......
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...Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in new Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. He was not sure of the exact year of his birth, but he knew that it was 1817 or 1818. His mom died when he was about seven years old, and he doesn't remember much about her. All he knew about his father was that he was a white man, but many people thought his master was his father. Douglass was such an impressive speaker that many people doubted if he had ever been a slave. To prove to all, Fredrick Douglass wrote the "Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, An American Salve." This story took place from 1818 to 1841. The setting was in a number of places, from Maryland, Baltimore, New York City, and New Bedford, Massachusetts. Being a slave resulted in always getting moved from slave owner to slave owner. Throughout this book, Frederick Douglass has demonstrated his struggles to free himself, emotionally and physically from slavery. Around age ten or eleven, Fredrick Douglass was sent to live in Baltimore with Hugh and Sophia Auld. During his time with the Aulds, Douglass learns how to read and write. When Mr. Auld found out that his wife was teaching him how to read, he made her stop. Douglass then overhears a conversation that Mr. Auld is having with his wife, about how white mans power over blacks is to keep them uneducated. Douglass is now determined that he has to educate himself and escape from slavery. Soon after hearing this, Fredrick......
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...Frederick Douglass, a black man who changed America's history with being one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement, which fought to end slavery within the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. A slave in America until the age of 20, wrote three of the most highly regarded autobiographies of the 19th century, yet he only began learning to read and write when he turned 12 years old. After an early life of hardship and pain, Douglass escaped to the North to began his soul changing and spiritual beliefs of all men and women should be created equal. The institution of slavery scarred him so deeply that he decided to dedicate his powers of speech and prose to fighting it. In this paper it will include discussions on Frederick Douglass's early life childhood, the struggles he overcame to became a successor his motives and morals, the impact he had on the civil war, his achievements, and the legacy that went on within his name. Frederick Douglass was born as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey and was a slave from Talbot County, Maryland. His date of birth varied because slaves couldn't keep records, in result Frederick adopted February 14 as his birthday because his mother Harriet Bailey used to call him her "little valentine".(Douglass, (1885). When he was only an infant, he was separated from his mother, and she subsequently died when he was about seven years old. He then lived with his grandmother, Betty Bailey. His father remains......
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...The Courage of Frederick Douglas 1 The Courage of Frederick Douglas Denise Kaplan University The Courage of Frederick Douglas 2 The Courage of Frederick Douglas A courageous individual is someone who rises in the midst of adversity. They allow their inner voice and strength to speak for them. Regardless of obstacles hardships, and the unknown they make a vow to succeed and beat the odds at all cost. A person of courage eagerly seizes every opportunity to excel in life. This is what made Mr. Douglass a courageous man he pressed on when many tried to stop him. Making him into the prolific writer and speaker he is today. Early, in life he was taught the alphabet by his master’s wife. In which this made his master furious thus, leading him to believe that reading and writing was his pathway to freedom. Douglass continued to secrecy master reading on his own. Believing the more knowledge he learned the closer he would be to freedom. In 1841, Douglass attended an anti-slavery conference. His dialogue so moved the audience that he was invited to become a regular lecturer. This would be the beginning of many doors opening for him to speak about the abolishment of slavery. Though he went through many obstacles in his life, to him it was worth it. Throughout his life he was told that he was nothing, but he beat the odds at all cost. His hard work paid off when he became a Military Advisor to President Abraham......
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...Zouheir Boussaid Serena Reavis ENG 111-0003S 22 June 2013, In “The Allegory of the Cave,” Plato presents his abstract view of human nature and truth, whereas Douglass presents his personal journal in “Learning to Read and Write.” Compare and contrast Plato and Douglass' essays and ideas. How might Douglass view Plato's allegory based on his experience? The most basic question that we can ask ourselves is: who and what am I? Moreover, the answer to this question about human nature (what a human being is) will greatly affect how we see ourselves. In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave”, he managed to let us visualize people living in a big cave, where these people were chained by the leg and by the neck and they couldn’t move. They can only see what is in front of them. He explains to us how the “The Allegory of the Cave” is the education of the soul toward enlightenment. According to Plato, the chains that bind the prisoners are the senses and the prisoners symbolize ignorant people, the raised wall symbolizes the limitation of our thinking. The idea of Plato’s essay describes how most people are trapped in their own world, unaware of what is happening around them. According to Plato the “The Allegory of the Cave” is the common man and it represents all people before they are fully educated. The common person sees nothing but the shadows on the wall of the cave. In Plato’s essay, the fire has a significant meaning to the common man; it is the source of light...
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...relate. The first day of class was definitely not what I expected. I did not know that my teacher would look, think and talk like a student! From then on I knew that this was class was going to have the biggest impact on me, the way I thought, the way I talked, the way I evaluated relationships and how I looked at my life’s up and downs all together we’re going to change in due time. From the time I got advised up to the first day of class I honestly thought that this was just going to be another class. When in reality it wasn’t just another class, it was going to be THE class. From January 10, 2012 and so on, my life would make a distinctive turn, for the better. And with this turn came the reminder said by Frederick Douglass “if there is no struggle, there is no progress” (Douglass, 1857). I came into this class as Sandtron Leon Harrell flaws and all. I have things to work on as well as the next man, or woman. However in order for this class to help me in the way that I knew it could I had to realize that...
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...colonial, we will see that the pages read for Frederick Douglas fall in the historical time period. Douglass’ life fell between the time period of the slaves. He was a slave himself, during the post colonial era politics, colonies, legal systems and more were emerging. This did not relate much to Douglass’s era, in the book it states that there was some research disclosing Douglas was born in February 1818. This was before the postcolonial era which ended around the 1900s. Inside these readings, which a lot of them were letters written to Douglas we see how much people cared for him and what a calm spirit he was. The second reading we get to know more about Frederick Douglass because it was written in first person. He introduces us further about his family and his life as a slave. I learned more stuff in this reading than I had in a few history classes. I had no idea they kept track of their years in age through the different stations. It was sad for me to read how wonderful he believed his life to be when he was younger, thinking he lived in a private cabin with his grandparents and other children, but when he grew older he realized that they were all slaves besides his grandfather. The quote that made me feel more connections towards Douglass was this, “the powerful impression it created upon a crowded auditory, completely taken by surprise” (2065). This was written in the story titled “Native of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave, Written by himself”. This......
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...Women were involved in the antislavery movement from its beginning. They participated as organizers and members of separate female antislavery societies, beginning in Philadelphia spreading to other cities. By the late 1830s there were female societies in many different cities. These local societies met, prayed, and raised funds for state and national activities, and circulated publications and information. The women who became active supporters of antislavery tended to come from reasonably prosperous families. They were most often the wives and daughters of professional men, merchants, and successful farmers who were likely to have a time and or money to spare. In this way they were similar to the members of most other women’s organizations The most active and engaged female abolitionists began to move outward from their local societies. In 1837, seventy-one delegates from eight states held the first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women in New York; they issued publications and resolutions, formed executive committees, and launched a campaign to collect one million signatures on antislavery petitions. Since women could not vote, petitioning Congress was their only means of political action. The most active abolitionist women were organizers and promoters of local or statewide action, and the writers who produced children’s books, hymns, and stories with an antislavery message, contributed to antislavery papers, or wrote tracts on the subject. They began to write and......
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...Frederick Douglass - The man On an unknown date in 1817, on a slave plantation in Tuckahoe Maryland, Frederick August Washington Bailey was born. Frederick was raised in a house on the plantation with all the other slave children. At the age of seven, like many other slaves, Frederick was put to work in the fields. As a young child he would wonder why he was a slave, and why everyone can't be equal. His thoughts frequently came back to him, leaving him with a great hatred for slavery. In 1836, Frederick had finally had enough of his imprisonment, and attempted an escape with many other slaves. The escape was not successful, Frederick and the other slaves were sent to work in a shipyard hauling crates. Frederick worked the shipyard for two years until he had another great escape idea, this one would work though. The sailing papers of a sailor had been borrowed, and disguised as a sailor, Frederick Douglass made his escape to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Upon his arrival, Frederick took up his new assumed last name Douglass, to escape being captured. In 1841, Frederick attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket Massachusetts. Here, his impromptu speech he gave showed him to be a great speaker. The opponents of Frederick believed that he was never a slave, because of his great speaking skills and knowledge. In response to this, Frederick wrote his life story in his book _Life and Times of Frederick Douglass_. Frederick made a fatal mistake though, he had...
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