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Frederick Douglass Escapes Slavery, 175 Years Ago

1 posted on 09/04/2013 5:10:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Shhhhh!!! Don’t tell them about the liberal plantation of welfare, abortion, public schools, drugs, consequence free behavior, racial grievance mongering and bastardy.

If blacks ever become independent, Libs will have no permanently downtrodden minority to stand on.


4 posted on 09/04/2013 5:15:32 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Cram black misbehavior down their throats until they change.)
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Frederick Douglas stated, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”


7 posted on 09/04/2013 6:11:12 PM PDT by marsh2
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To: SunkenCiv
Visited his Anacostia (Washington, DC) home called Cedar Hill several years ago. I grew up in Rochester, NY and was familiar with his history there. A statue of him is in Highland Park, and he's buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Two of his sons from his first marriage served in Union Regiments during the Civil War. One son was with the 54th Mass. (Glory), and the other was in the 5th Mass. Cavalry (Unmounted).

His second wife Helen Pitts, was white, and about 20 years younger than him. The marriage created a fire-storm in both families. When he died, his Will left the home to her, but because witness signatures were missing, it was decreed invalid. Pitts tried to get the Douglass children to work with her to purchase the home and turn it into a memorial to their father, but they refused, wanting instead to sell it and split the money amongst themselves. Pitts was eventually able to borrow the money to purchase the house, and although she died before the mortgage could be paid off, the house was saved through the help of private citizens, and turned into a museum.

9 posted on 09/04/2013 6:37:24 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: SunkenCiv

He would be disgusted at the slavery blacks have let themselves get into with welfare today, always on the Democrap Welfare Porch.


11 posted on 09/04/2013 7:31:24 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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