1. Read the Text Silently (3 minutes)
2. Using the corresponding handout - write out the text (2 minutes)
3. T4 the Text (5 minutes)
4. Using the corresponding double-entry log - research the quote and how it was used. (15 - 20
minutes)
5. Develop a Lesson Learned statement (not just a repeating of the
quote - nine words or less) (10 minutes)
6. Develop the Lesson Learned statement into a Topic Sentence (5 minutes)
7. Use this Topic Sentence as the first sentence of your written response below (2 minutes)
8. Write an expository response using the research data - that provides the quotes purpose and how it was used. (Three paragraphs - each paragraph 5 - 7 sentences - single spaced) (20 min)
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NOTE: If we exceed our time - the remaining work must be completed before the next class time - at home.
Liam Hall
ReplyDelete11/8/12
Fredrick Douglass was one of the most famous abolitionists. Yet he was not known for his peaceful ways. When the civil war began he wrote to Pres. Lincoln saying he could organize slave riots all over the south. Of course Lincoln wanted this conflict resolved peacefully, so he said no. Douglass also put anger and Hatred into many of his speeches. He thought that anyone who owned, owns or is related to someone who owns a slave would be better off dead and sent to hell. In this quote "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." you can practically taste the hatred and anger coming off of the computer screen.
Sarah Henneman TT4
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835, Douglas was saying how he missed how pretty America was, yet its history was ugly,and he knows how the slaves were treated, and how many people died for this Country, for Freedom, for Librity.
Hannah Morris 11-15-12 TT2
ReplyDeleteWhat this quote means to me "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835 that never give up on your dreams.
Frederick was the son of a slave women and an unknown while man, “Fredrick Augusto was hington Bailey” was born February of 1818 on Maryland’s easter shore. On January 1, 1836, Douglass made a resolution that he would be face by the end of the year. Always striving to educate himself Douglass continued his reading. After the year he fought for the rightsj of women and African Americans alike. And the treatment be received was indeed brutal.
Mikayla Duke November 15 12 2nd
ReplyDeleteour country is a amazing country but we have a problem with our past back then we were seeking help but the help we were seeking was one that disagreed. So we got up and decided that we would do something about it. The thing that we did would scar many and kill more. We kidnapped, traded and slaved away Africans. They were treated like livestock with sticks they whipped them when they did something they thought was (bad). That is one part i do not like about our history.
People are people no matter what race or color.
Sam Pierman 11-15-12 TT4
ReplyDeleteSlavery isn’t free. I don’t understand how Americans were all about freedom, yet they owned slaves! Apparently Freadrick Douglas didn’t ether. Being owned by someone isn’t free. They were people to and they deserve just as much respect as we do. Freadrick was like the Dr. Martin Luther King of the that time period.
Freadrick was born in February or 1818. He was separated from his mother only after a few weeks and was left to be raised by his grandparents. By the age of six yet again he was abandoned by someone. His grandmother was took him to a plantation and left him there. All alone with no one left, he was shipped by his master to some relatives of his masters. There he became a house boy. While he was their we taught himself to read and wright. By the age of 15 he earned freedom and published his own newspaper. He had a rough start. Slavery wasn’t right and I am so glad that people stood up for what was right and that we started to treat all people right.
Rebecca Sutherland
ReplyDeleteTT4 November 16
As perfect as america may seem there has been much pain and hardship that happened one of the biggest is slavery. There was a quote that Fredric Douglas said that was saying this.Fredric Douglass was a definite writer he wrote the Narrative of life of Fredric Douglass. He was a huge help to end slavery for good. Not with violence but with words.
He said many quotes but few were as inspiring as the quote “If there is no struggle there is no progress.” Those words really speak to me because it is true there has not been one event where people have not stood up for there rights. I believe that is why Abraham Lincoln made Fredric Douglass an advisor for him. After all the pain that was brought on Fredric Douglass he did get what he wanted. I wish he could see it now.
There is alway a way to help a cause, even if it seems useless. Every day he fought for a cause even if it was not plausible back then. I think that if everyone did something that they think is right with out violence there would be a better and more peaceful world. That is something that in some cases does not happen. I wish this would happen more often.
Hannah Kerns November 16, 2012 TT4
ReplyDeleteAll is beautiful until the thought of slavery. Everything around us is perfect except slavery. "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835
At the time in 1835 Frederick was hired to work for William Freeland. He secretly organized Sunday school to teach other slaves to read. I can’t believe he didn’t get caught because people really didn’t want slaves to learn. This quote was most likely about the way he felt about him being a slave. He might have been talking about the slaves he taught. Slaves weren’t aloud to be taught how to read or write; That’s why Frederick had to do it so secretly.
Frederick and several other slaves tried to escape from slavery. He was leader of the abolitionist movement. Abolitionist meant movement to end slavery. This was exactly what he was doing. This was his second time trying to escape. The first time he was escaping from Colonel Lloyd, the second time from Covey.
Jeremy Robertson
ReplyDelete11/16/12
MW2
Expository 9
It should not matter what your color of skin is, we are all humans and deserve rights. “In thinking of America I sometimes find myself admiring,” said Fredrick Douglas. I think that he means that there are many things that might come to mind but its beauty is over whelming and you forget about some of its bad thing. Fredrick Douglas was born in 1818. That was after the revolutionary war and now it is a slave filled world in america and it wasn’t a great time for us americans.
“Her mighty star-crowned mountains,” he said in the same quote. It means how america has many mountains. It tells me that there are very pointed toped and that he is saying that the tops look the top of a star. In 1820 his sister Kitty was born. He talks about his sister in the quote about how they are outraged and how there blood waters the crops.
Fredrick Douglas was a African American slave when he was born. If you read the passage it might not make if you didn’t know who wrote it. I really disagree with slavery and have the African Americans do our work. They are human and they deserve to have the right to choose what they want to do. They are not dirt, again they are humans.
Cheyanne Weber TT4 11/18/12
ReplyDeleteNo one should be treated so rudely and suffer through the horrible pain of slavery."In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." This quote was said by a real life slave Frederick Douglass, Frederick was born in a slave cabin and when he was only a few weeks old he was abandoned by his mother and then raised by his grandparents. When Frederick was older he escaped slavery than became a leader of the abolitionist movement.
When Frederick said this quote he was describing what his life was like as a slave and when I read this I was amazed of how much pain slavery can be and how they had no freedom, no saying of there life. No one should be treated so rudely and suffer through the horrible pain os slavery.
Karis Poszywak TT2 11-19-12
ReplyDeleteI think this quote means to honor the best things and times, but don’t forget the worst. We should like and care about the good things that have happened in our past and that we have. America and its geography is one thing we should honor. But, we also can’t forget about the worst even though we may want to. History, no matter if it is happy or sad, should always be remembered.
This quote was written by Frederick Douglas in a letter to William Lloyd Garrison in 1835. The letter was written in hope of Douglas’ words influencing the world to go into the right direction. Frederick Douglas was a principal leader and a spokesperson for the U.S. Abolition Movement. He was also an author and a slave which shows he has been through the hard times and the good times. He wrote three autobiographies and they were all on the details of his life. He also gave person experiences.
A quote that reminds me of this quote is, “I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.” Frederick Douglass also said this famous quote about slavery. Douglas’ life, from slavery to statesman, his writings and speeches, and his national and international work have inspired and influenced many thinkings of discussion in debate within many fields. The fields are American and African American history, political science and theory, sociology, and in philosophy. Frederick’s quotes and speeches have made many people think over everything in their life and succeeded to help them move forward.
Elizabeth Chapman TT2 11-20-12
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835. As long as this quote is, I think that what Douglas was trying to say, was short. I think he was just trying to thank everyone for keeping care of America, and that we shouldn’t stop doing it. We live in America, the least we can do is take care of it.
Fredrick was born in February 1818 – February 20, 1895. Douglass wrote several autobiographies, eloquently describing his experiences in slavery in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave, which became influential in its support for abolition. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, male, Native American or recent immigrant. He thinks that everyone should be treated the same.
Fredrick grew up in Augustus Washington, United State. Fredrick eventually got what he had wanted all along. Peace to come in America, and for us to keep taking care of it, no matter what. Even though maybe somethings didn’t turn out exactly how he wanted, most did. And Fredrick eventually passed away in 1895, (aged about 77) he had lived a good life, but he always thought it could be better. Thin
Riley Alexander TT4 11-25-12
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." By Frederick Douglas, 1835. This is a wonderful quote by Fredrick Douglas. It made me wonder who he relay was.
Fredrick was an american Social Reformer. Which means that he was trying to get people to see that slavery was a bad thing and that they should get rid of it. He was trying to do this because he, himself was a slave. He was on his own since he was ten because his mother had died. He had tried to escape once, But he was caught and brought back to his slave farm. But he always wanted an education. That is one of the reasons that he tried to escape.
Jamie Katschor
ReplyDelete11/25/12
MW4
Expository 9
Slavery is not the greatest, but not the worst. All you have to do is fight to get rid of it. That is what I thought when I read this quote. “In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” Frederick Douglass, 1835
This quote means that being a slave isn’t free. It has its costs. Even though it has it costs, slaves are just normal people, like you and me. They should have the same freedom as we do, with some exceptions. The government didn’t believe in that though. They thought that since they were slaves, they could not have any freedom. Frederick Douglass disagreed with that. I am glad there were people like him.
Frederick Douglass was an African American. He was born in February of 1818 on Maryland’s eastern shore. His father was white, and his mother was black. He was also a slave, and faced brutal whippings and spent most of time cold and hungry. He did not like this at all. On January 1st, 1836, he made a resolution that he would be free by the end of the year. He planned an escape, but early in April he was jailed after his plan was discovered. Two years later, he fled on September 3rd, 1838 to for-fill his dream. He was a caring man and tried his best to end slavery.
Takala Havermahl 11/26/12 TT2
ReplyDeleteIf you look at America all you see is its beauty, but hidden beneath all of that beauty is a story that you couldn't see. Every one has something bad they have in their past or something that they regret. Americas bad past is slavery. seeing how beautiful America is you don't think about how awful it has been to many people that were once slaves. I believe that Frederick Douglass is trying to say in this quote "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." is that his own family has suffered to get America to were it is today, and the slaves are not remembered for there pain. Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his antislavery writing. Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Talbot Country, Maryland. The exact date of his birth is unknown but he chose to celebrate is on February 14. He lived with his maternal grandmother, Betty Bailey. His mother died when he was about 10. At age seven, Douglass was separated from his grandmother and moved to the Wye house plantation, where Aaron Anthony worked as overseer. When Anthony died, Douglass was given to Lucretia Auld, wife of Thomas Auld. She sent Douglass to serve Thomas' brother Hugh Auld in Baltimore.
Expository 9: Slavery Jack Traskos 11-26-12 TT2
ReplyDeleteSlavery was an evil thing. Part of a war was fought over it. Ever since the foundation of America there has always been slaves. Slavery was always around until the late 1800’s. One person may of wanted slavery and the other person may of wanted them. The south wanted slavery because there economy depended on the slaves work. The had cash crops like rice and cotton that needed to be farmed.
The man Frederick Douglass was very important to the anti-slavery society. He believed in no supreme race, everyone gets treated by the way they act, not by the color of there skin or from where the were from. He escaped slavery as a young adult dressed as a sailor. Later in his life he became a orator, writer, and statesmen. Many thought that it was amazing because he was such a good writer, and that he was previously a slave.
His “In thinking of America” quote he talked about the good things in America and the bad things like slavery. He talked about the beautiful rivers, her mighty lakes, and her fertile soils. He quickly goes to the topic how slavery has ruined some of this beauty in America. It is hard to enjoy any of this if there is slavery in America. This was in a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, he was a anti-slavery and women’s rights believer like Douglass.
Alais Murillo
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11-26-12
Slavery was an awful thing in America’s past that will never be forgotten. People getting told what to do and not having any rights is a horrible thing to think of. Unfortunately know matter how long it has since slavery in America people will always know that America once had it. Fortunately around 1835 a guy named Fredrick Douglas tried to help stop slavery. He himself was a slave as a kid and into his teens, but he escaped and became free. He spent his life,”Fighting for justice” as www.nps.gov says.
In 1835 Fredrick said,”"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." He said this because he knows first hand what a awful thing Americans did. No matter how beautiful America is, how nice the people are our ancestors still had slaves and did not care. In this quote it says, “I thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky.”(pg.1) Which shows the good in America now but later he says,”When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean.” (pg.1) That means that he remember his friends crying not being cared for just being tortured.
Everyday Fredrick Douglas was free he tried to get others free. He wanted slavery to end, some people might say he was a big help in stopping slavery. America fought for so long to be free from Britain, but for some reason after they were free they thought it was okay to continue to have other people not free.We have know idea what it was like to be a slave, but we still know about it. Even know the Civil War stopped slavery in America it still happened. Every American from now on will know the awful past of America.
Hunter Domen
ReplyDelete11/27/12 TT4
He said many quotes but few were as inspiring as the quote “If there is no struggle there is no progress.” Those words really speak to me because it is true there has not been one event where people have not stood up for there rights. I believe that is why Abraham Lincoln made Fredric Douglass an advisor for him. After all the pain that was brought on Fredric Douglass he did get what he wanted. I wish he could see it now.
Frederick and several other slaves tried to escape from slavery. He was leader of the abolitionist movement. Abolitionist meant movement to end slavery. This was exactly what he was doing. This was his second time trying to escape. The first time he was escaping from Colonel Lloyd, the second time from Covey.
Kylie Taft/11/27/12/MW4
ReplyDeleteFrederick Douglass was another African American out of many, that were kept as slaves. He spoke up, and represented all of the slaves from all around, fighting for racial equality. It was unfair that slaves were decided with something just as simple as a characteristic of darker skin. It was something they couldn’t control, and they were able to do nothing about it. This was where Frederick Douglass stepped in for the good of all slaves. He tried to explain to everyone, that the tasks that they had carried out everyday, was much more than they had thought. A day without them, and the farmlands would be wrecked because the care that the fields received from the slaves would have vanished. There was much more beyond what they saw everyday. Our eyes don’t see everything. Behind all of the things they saw, was hard work, that helped create it.
Imagine switching roles with a slave for a day. Have an adventure in their shoes. The chances are, you aren’t going to like it any more than they did, with just a day. As where the slaves have been living like that for their lifetime, living like that as your whole life passed and went by. That would be unthinkable and cruel to do that to people. And just because the color of their skin? That makes it sound even more ridiculous, in my opinion. Most people don’t realize how hard their roles were, and needed to be reminded of the hardship that the slaves had provided.
That was Douglass’s goal. To make them think and remind them about what they’ve done to the lives of many. He wanted to squeeze any sympathy inside them, for the slaves. He attempted to convince or uncover the unfairness that these rules have brought to the lives of so many. Slaves needed every bit of sympathy, for a chance to change their fates. To see freedom, as that was what was missing in their lives. Everyone would say that freedom and liberty was the key to happiness in life, why take such a thing away from these people, if it were as important as they would describe it to be? As for the slaves, they have only heard about the freedom of others, but unable to live in it themselves. Can you imagine the limited life you would have without freedom? Some slaves could buy their way out, and buy freedom from their owners, but why should they have to pay for something that we already had? There was no fairness in these rules, and Frederick Douglass has showed that to as many people as he possibly could, so slaves could have the life that they had deserved from the very start. So they didn’t have to work their whole lives, not knowing if they would be bought or sold the next day. Slaves aren’t property, they are people just as we are. That is what Frederick Douglass has proven or brought the realization to.
Courtney Knickerbocker
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11-27-12
Slavery
Fredrick Douglas was born a slave. He was born February 1818, in a slave cabin. A slave cabin was a little house that was located outside their master’s house. The slaves would spend most of their time in the cold wooden house when they were not doing work in the fields. Slave cabins were very harsh to live in but Fredrick luckily didn’t have a chance to live in one for very long. He was separated from his mother when he was only a few weeks old and he went to live with his grandparents. He was only six at the time when his grandparents abandoned him. When he was eight he went and lived as a slave worker in his masters mansion.
Slavery was a very hard, and depressing time for all the slaves. But to make the time go by he went and got his own book. It was illegal for slaves to learn how to read so Fredrick had to teach himself. This is what inspired him to become a writer. He began to write about his daily life and eventually he started writing his own quotes. “In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright beautiful blue sky, her grand old woods, her fertile fields and her beautiful rivers her mighty lakes and her star crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked out when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave holding and wrong when I remember with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten that her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraced sisters, Im filled with unutterable loathing.” This was Fredrick’s first quote.
He worked with other slaves and was tortured. I don’t know why America started slavery but I would like to know because what person wants to be treated like a piece of furniture or a monster? Fredrick Douglas spent his whole life a slave and he sadly died on February 20th 1895. He died from a infection. Some say he had a heart attack, but most people say it was from a infection. So i’m glad to be a free American and not to have slavery around anymore.
Vincent Lentini
ReplyDelete11-27-12
Mw2
"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing
Kennedy Kunnert MW2 11-27-2012
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine being a slave and having to do what you were told all the time and not being able to do what you want and most of all being SOLD. Well I can’t. Fredrick Duglass was a slave and he wrote a quote saying that there is so much good going on in America but that he is still a slave and he is not happy. In saying this quote he was actually writing a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, talking about who he is a slave and his life. This letter was sent from a Hotel. What does that mean - Was he not a slave any more or were his owners at a hotel and he got the luxury of coming along. Either way it was sent form a hotel and it was going to his friend.
It is true if you look around at the world there are beautiful and wonderful things such as our bodies of water and great pieces of land, but back then it was not all this perfect. There were slaves. Slaves in my eyes should have never been allowed. It gave whites the power to over rule a black just because of race.
Most people back then were poor and didn’t have proper supplies to help keep them alive. Especially the slaves. Even when they would work hard they wouldn’t make quite enough to help there families - If they had one. There is a quote that goes “People might not get what they work for but work for what they get.” This I think really relates to the whole Slave thing.
So when ever you look back on the Slave time and what all the people did and mostly this quote you can realize that the “Slaved deserved Better”
Edward Buening mw4 11-27-12
ReplyDeleteTo me slavery is one of the worst things in America’s history. A man that was once born a slave once said these words. “ In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” Fredrick Douglas, 1835.
Fredrick Douglas was sadly born as a slave. He grew up in Maryland. Later in his life he wrote multiple books explaining his hate for slavery. Even after the Civil War he concentrated his effort on putting an end to slavery. Douglas was a firm believer that America was the land of the free. He said that no matter what race you are everyone is equal.
Caitlin Lesz November 27, 2012 MW2
ReplyDeleteLife was beautiful until slavery. Everything was amazing about life until slaves. "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Fredric Douglas 1835.
Back then Fredric was moved to a job to help others. He was hired out to work for William Freeland. The job was a Secret sunday school for blacks and it helped tech them how to reed and write. It was very impressive how they didn’t get caught, because no one wanted slaves to learn anything. He was only 17 at the time to. That was because it they new to much they could fight back against their “Owners”. Slaves were called the worst names ever. People would beat them id they did one little thing wrong. It was all because they were different.
There were many rumors about Fredric’s father and mother. People said that Fredric’s dad was white. His mother was half indian and half african american. How would you feel? Which was shame to marry a black women actually it was also “Illegal”. Shouldn’t you be able to marry freely? No one is different we were all born with the right to be happy, have justice and to be treated equally. The worst part is that how would you fell if you were taken from your parents or you all being taken from your home and loaded into a ship and have no idea were you are going to end up. To never see them again.
Catherine Stone
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November, 27 2012
Be your self don’t be anyone you aren’t.I think the quote is talking about how beautiful Earth is.We are suppose to be free and have freedom.We are all American citizen so we have to follow the rules.Admire how Also how to admire how pretty are how lucky we are.Image if we did not win one of our war.What do you think it would be like.Would we still have slavery,would we have very little right,have no freedom what do you think.
Alway be proud of what you have.Frederick douglas sent a letter to William lloyd on January 1,1846.This quote in it was “In thinking of america, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirt of slaves -holding and wrong; When I remember that with the water of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile field drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.Fredick Douglas.He was very big on slavery.
We are lucky for what we have today.The problem is american people have loyalty enough honor,patriotism,and live up to the laws.The people might not get all they work for in the world but they must certainly work for all they get.Nothing is free.You have to be worthy to work for something or they are going to end up not having anything.Frederick Douglas was very big on slavery.He talked about it a lot.Him and the Blues made the first Blues song.He escaped slavery.He was a great writer,he taught him self how to write.
Ryan Chopp MW2
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to forget your past, but you must learn to forgive to move on. Fredrick Douglass was born a slave and became a leader in the U.S. Abolition movement. He wrote three autobiographies each one giving details of his life. In a letter to William Lloyd Garrison he says, "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglass, 1835. I think Fredrick Douglass sees how great America is now that he is free and no longer a slave. He sees how good it is for white people and how much it has to offer that he wants to respect America, but he just can’t forget what he and his brothers and sisters have gone through in their lives. He finds it hard to praise America after all the pain he has suffered. He prays that god can forgive her, America, for all the pain she has let happen before it is to late forgive.
Stephen Bagnick mw4
ReplyDeleteAmerica might be a nice place for African Americans but at one point it was a bad place that was never wanted to be seen. Being considered property, not being able to do anything with out getting permission even as a full grown adult. The lucky ones got the nicer owners that would only do mild punishments or there was a very rare occurrence were they could get a job but 90% of the time they had to give a large chunk of the money they made to the owner. They could be forced into doing anything no matter what. They would be ripped from there families.
Fredrick Douglas you can tell was one of the people that was agenst this. He seems to be the person that has family that are slaves. He also seems to want to set a change in motion back then. He wants us to reach out to people that are slaves and to try our best to help them in anyway possible. He wants us to know that they are people too not things.
Caitlin Lesz November 27,2012 MW2
ReplyDeleteLife was beautiful until slavery. Everything was amazing about life until slaves. "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Fredric Douglas 1835.
Back then Fredric was moved to a job to help others. He was hired out to work for William Freeland. The job was a Secret sunday school for blacks and it helped tech them how to reed and write. It was very impressive how they didn’t get caught, because no one wanted slaves to learn anything. He was only 17 at the time to. That was because it they new to much they could fight back against their “Owners”. Slaves were called the worst names ever. People would beat them id they did one little thing wrong. It was all because they were different.
There were many rumors about Fredric’s father and mother. People said that Fredric’s dad was white. His mother was half indian and half african american. How would you feel? Which was shame to marry a black women actually it was also “Illegal”. Shouldn’t you be able to marry freely? No one is different we were all born with the right to be happy, have justice and to be treated equally. The worst part is that how would you fell if you were taken from your parents or you all being taken from your home and loaded into a ship and have no idea were you are going to end up. To never see them again.
Kennedy Kunnert MW2 11-26-12
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine being a slave and having to do what you were told all the time and not being able to do what you want and most of all being SOLD. Well I can’t. Fredrick Duglass was a slave and he wrote a quote saying that there is so much good going on in America but that he is still a slave and he is not happy. In saying this quote he was actually writing a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, talking about who he is a slave and his life. This letter was sent from a Hotel. What does that mean - Was he not a slave any more or were his owners at a hotel and he got the luxury of coming along. Either way it was sent form a hotel and it was going to his friend.
It is true if you look around at the world there are beautiful and wonderful things such as our bodies of water and great pieces of land, but back then it was not all this perfect. There were slaves. Slaves in my eyes should have never been allowed. It gave whites the power to over rule a black just because of race.
Most people back then were poor and didn’t have proper supplies to help keep them alive. Especially the slaves. Even when they would work hard they wouldn’t make quite enough to help there families - If they had one. There is a quote that goes “People might not get what they work for but work for what they get.” This I think really relates to the whole Slave thing.
So when ever you look back on the Slave time and what all the people did and mostly this quote you can realize that the “Slaved deserved Better”
Jacob Ford MW4
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Along the years, Americans have advanced. I look at America and I see greatness. But when I remember the terrible thing called slavery. It is all washed away. Slavery was the worst thing that happened to America. When I look back on all the bad stuff I can tell that slavery is the worst.
I remember when Americans said they wanted freedom. Also to govern ourselves. But did they forget that some Americans owned slaves. Slavery is intolerable. A lot of slaves died because of how hard they were forced to work. Also they died because the owners would get mad at them and treat them terribly.
Americans described that they wanted to be free. Do they remember that they owned slaves? Slavery will never be forgotten to most people. For some people it still haunts them today. American field are fertile. But also dirty from the past.
Expository 9
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In Slavery, the quote is, “In Thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky - her grand old woods - her fertile fields... That her most fertile fields drink daily with the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing,” means to me that he admires her bright blue sky, her grand old woods, and he fertile fields. I remembered a character on Spongebob being cursed. I also remember standing in the ocean in Florida. I remembered drinking orange pop at Dads and Moms. I also remember forgetting my coat at the end of the day. I even remember the mountains, driving and riding into the valley.
Ally Stowell MW4 11-28-12
ReplyDeleteNo matter what happens you can turn you life around. Just like how Fredrick Douglas did. Fredrick Douglas was born a slave and left by his mother. He was raised buy his Grandma. Sadly Fredrick was also left by his grandma. Fredrick did not know his date of birth so he decided to celebrate his birthday on February 14th.
Fredrick Douglas escaped from his owners when he was young. He began to travel to New York. When Fredrick was a slave he taught himself how to read and write. That would help him for when he tried to get a job. He worked as a social reformer,orator, writer, and a statesmen. Fredrick is famous for what he did turning his life around. Throughout his life he gave speeches and became a leading speaker for the abolition of slavery and for racial equality.
Slavery was a big thing in the southern United States in the 1800's.
Congress tried to stop slavery. Eventually some of the southern states past a law that would make it easier for owners to free their slaves. Slavery is one of the biggest things in American History. Thankfully they put an end to slavery.
Riley O'Keefe TT2 11-28-12
ReplyDeleteSlavery is like a black hole, swirling under our nation. During the nineteenth century, looking at America, you would find a wonderful new nation. Rolling hills covered in green grass, beautiful snow capped mountains, blue skies and free people. Underneath all of this is the terrible black hole of slavery. Sucking in the lives of millions of desperate, fragile, innocent hearts. This is what Frederick Douglass is saying in his quote “In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky- her grand old woods- her fertile fields- her beautiful rivers- her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethern are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” - Frederick Douglass, 1835
Frederick Douglass was a very noteworthy man, although not as famous as some other abolitionist leaders. “Frederic Douglass was born in a slave cabin in February, 1818 in Maryland.” - www.frederickdouglass.org He was born shortly after after the formation of our new nation that was supposedly “free.” Although, we were really not yet “free” because our African-American brothers and sisters were still being held hostage as slaves. “Frederick Douglass rose from slavery to become the leading African-American voice of the nineteenth century.” - www.digitalhistory.uh.edu He was one to make his opinion heard, and was not afraid to show his true colors. Because of this, “Frederick Douglass has been called the father of the civil rights movement.” - www.digitalhistory.uh.edu Which I feel is a totally appropriate title for him, because of the great work that he did.
Winter Hatfield MW2 11/28/12
ReplyDeleteThe pain caused by us americans will stay with our country forever. We did terrible things to our fellow americans in the olden days just because they were a different color. We hurt others to make life easier for us. Now we look bad and realize how horrible we were. We all wish things would of have been different but we can't change what our ancestors have done. The curse we created on our land that can't be broken.
Slavery was common back during the revolutionary war and for a while after. A slave named Fredrick Douglas had escaped from his owner and ran. He became a leader of the abolitionist movement, and wrote many things on anti slavery. He had written many quotes, one of them being "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and her star crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotton. That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." - Fredrick Douglass , 1835. In this quote he may be saying that our world is a beautiful place, but we need to remember what terrible things had happened on it. Our world is cursed with the bad we had done with slavery and killing, that all our our beautiful features have once had wrong done on it's turf, and that he can't believe what we had done. We now don't think about those terrible things as we walk on our country. We once did terrible things to innocent people, people who are just like us on this country, Americans caused this terrible pain.
Fredrick wrote other quotes too. "I prayed for freedom for 20 years, but recieved no answer until I prayed with my legs." When Fredrick wrote this he was talking about running away from slavery. He prayed for freedom but later realized he had to free himself on his own. He also wrote "The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black mans misery." When he wrote that I'm sure he meant that slavery isn't worth it and that we can't buy happiness by making someone else suffer. It's just wrong. Fredrick was a clever man who knew and experianced the pain and in his writings explained to others of his feelings. The memories may not come up of what we had done every day, but we know of the wrong we had done and we can't change the past, all we can do is improve our future and not bring pain and hurt to our country again.
Melina Mattila MW2 11-28-12
ReplyDeleteLet everyone be free! This quote was originally written as a letter to William Lloyd Garrison. At the end of the letter i noticed it said "The Liberator, January, 1846. I also noticed that the date is different from the one on Mr. Price's website. I still don't understand how Americans liked the idea of freedom but some people owned slave. It doesn't make sense.
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. I wasn't sure of what any of these were so I looked them up and a American social reformer is a disputant who advocates reform. A orator is one who delivers and oration. A writer is someone who writes. A statesman is a man who is a leader in national or international affairs. Now that I now what these are I can relate to them.
I think this quote is about slavery and how Frederick wanted them to be free. After escaping from slavery, Frederick became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for hi dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. The oratory and incisive antislavery writing is the letter Frederick wrote to William Lloyd Garrison.
Anthony Patteri
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"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835
The quote described how America was in the 1800’s. Today there is still some of what was described in the quote. Mostly though it has been paved over by buildings and parking lots. America has changed a lot over the years. It was a nice forest landscape with water falls and natural life and now every half an inch is taken up.
The colonists survived in thirteen colonies on the east coast and now with about ten time the land they had. It is filled with buildings and tons of new stuff humans don’t even need. Even today I would prefer to go into the woods hiking or hunting than sit at home and watch t.v. Over all America still has what it had in the 1800’s but a lot less land and resources.
Mikayla Duke November 15 12 2nd
ReplyDeleteour country is a amazing country but we have a problem with our past back then we were seeking help but the help we were seeking was one that disagreed. So we got up and decided that we would do something about it. The thing that we did would scar many and kill more. We kidnapped, traded and slaved away Africans. They were treated like livestock with sticks they whipped them when they did something they thought was (bad). That is one part i do not like about our history.
People are people no matter what race or color. This makes me angry because so many suffered we treated them like livestock. So now there is still a little crack in the heart and African Americans and Americans sometimes are raciest. Because of that time there is no history for many people because they were classified as nobody's. why couldn't we be nice and know that they had hearts that is sad.
Riley O'Keefe TT2 Expository 9 (real one) 11-29-12
ReplyDeleteSlavery is like a black hole, swirling under our nation. During the nineteenth century, looking at America, you would find a wonderful new nation. Rolling hills covered in green grass, beautiful snow capped mountains, blue skies and free people. Underneath all of this is the terrible black hole of slavery. Sucking in the lives of millions of desperate, fragile, innocent hearts. This is what Frederick Douglass is saying in his quote “In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky- her grand old woods- her fertile fields- her beautiful rivers- her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethern are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” - Frederick Douglass, 1835
Frederick Douglass was a very noteworthy man, although not as famous as some other abolitionist leaders. “Frederic Douglass was born in a slave cabin in February, 1818 in Maryland.” - www.frederickdouglass.org He was born shortly after after the formation of our new nation that was supposedly “free.” Although, we were really not yet “free” because our African-American brothers and sisters were still being held hostage as slaves. “Frederick Douglass rose from slavery to become the leading African-American voice of the nineteenth century.” - www.digitalhistory.uh.edu He was one to make his opinion heard, and was not afraid to show his true colors. Because of this, “Frederick Douglass has been called the father of the civil rights movement.” - www.digitalhistory.uh.edu Which I feel is a totally appropriate title for him, because of the great work that he did.
I agree completely with Mr. Douglass that America is a beautiful pace. In my opinion, it is the most beautiful nation in the world. Mostly because we are free. But looking back at life in America during the nineteenth century, I do not feel the same way. America was supposed to be this huge thriving, new beautiful country! A country, however that is looked upon as beautiful and gorgeous mostly because of it’s freedom has no right to be keeping slaves. In no country should there be slavery, but especially in America. Slavery is like the dark rain cloud over a parade. In our Constitution, it is stated, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Just because someone has a different color of skin does not mean that they should not have these same rights, and the right to their pursuit of happiness being freedom. Now, slavery is abolished and is looked at as a sin, but I still find it hard to realize that such a great country could have had such a terrible thing as slavery looming under it.
Hannah Morris 11-29-12 TT2 Redo (Didn’t do the 3 paragraphs)
ReplyDeleteWhat is quote "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." said by Frederick Douglas, 1835 that we should never give up on our dreams.
Fredrick was the son of a salve women and an unknown white man, “Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey” was born February of 1818 on Maryland’s eastern shore. he was born from a slave. On January 1, 1836 Douglass mad a resolution that he would be face by the end of the year. He wanted to see if we could face the fact that he was a son of a slave. He want to test himself to see if he could set a goal and do it.
Always striving to educate himself Douglass continued his reading. He read so he could get smarter by reading. After the war he fought for the rights of women and African Americans alike. He wanted to have the women, women and men slaves to be free and not have to be told what to do because he thought it wasn’t fair. And the treatment he received was indeed brutal. What that means is that he was beaten for trying to set the slaves and the women free.
Taylor Hubbard TT2
ReplyDeleteI think that what Frederick Douglas meant by the quote- "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." was that slavery was the wrong thing to do.
I think that slavery was not the right thing to do either. I think this because they should be treated like another person in this world. It is not fare that they have to do work for other people based on there race they should be treat like everyone else or everyone else should have to do work.
I am glad that they do not have slavery anymore. I think that if we had it the world would be really different. I am thankful that we don't have it, it was not the right thing to do. We should have never had it and I hope it stays away forever. Slavery is the worng thing.
Donamarie Sutton
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Fredrick Douglas is against slavery as said in his quote on January 1st 1835 "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing."Fredrick Douglas, 1835
Fredrick Douglas was born in slave cabin in February 1818, on the eastern coast of Maryland. A a child Fredrick was separated from his mother who was a slave. Fredrick Douglas wanted to make something of him self so he made his neighbors his teacher, he would give them food for an exchange of lessons in reading and writing. He would purchase books so he would learn the power of written words.
Fredrick was a abolitionist which is known as a peacemaker. For his whole life her knew the world was cruel place, where they let whites think they are better then everyone else and take the African Americans to make them slaves. SO he stood up to the odds and attended a abolitionist meeting on October 1841. After he decided to attend the anti-slaver meeting. All of his speeches against slavery led him to public speaking, and he even got his own newspaper. He also made the first women’s right convention. So as you can see Fredrick Douglas made a change in this world because of his rough child hood and he even took an action to learn to read and write, and to me that is very amazing.
Kailee Young
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"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing."
Slavery isn’t free. I mean how could people fighting for freedom keep a slave. Some "colored" people actually helped the patriots for some of the fighting. Yet, they own a slave. And if it wasn't for Frederick Douglas, probably no one else would be brave enough to think so. And for that is why i think Frederick Douglas had said this quote.
For many of you who may not know Frederick was the son of a slave women. I mean what else was he supposed to think, of course hes mad of what the country had became of, he probably always heard some patriots or something talking about freedom or something like that. But what freedom was they're for him, and other people like him?
Not only did Frederick fight for slaves rights, years later, he fought for the rights of Women. And on an afternoon in Washington, February 20, 1895, Frederick douglas's life ended. But he will never be forgot.
Jacob KEstner TT2 11-29-12
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Frederick Douglas was a slave. He was born on
February 17 1818. And died on February 20 1895.
He had 4 sister's and 1 brother. He also had five
kids of his own. He had to wife's in his life time.
Slavery was a terrible thing back then.
Slavery is a system under which people are
treated as property to be bought and sold
which is very bad thing because they were
given very little food and never got to rest
they sometimes slept on the ground in the night.
A lot of the slaves did because they were treated
very poorly.
Freedom The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants
without hindrance or restraint. And that gave the slaves there freedom
they were a loud to have a family and have kids. And by land
and sell land. So freedom was the best thing every for
America. Because it gave all of America there freedom.
Ada Sieler 11-29-12 TT2
ReplyDeleteFredrick Douglass loved his country but not everything it did. He was against slavery and was a firm believer of equality of people. Which is not surprising since he was a slave him self. For a man who was brought to his country as a slave, he sure loves it a lot. People like him are the one that made this country free. He had to be very strong to forgive the people of his country after doing something like that.
Fredrick douglas wrote many autobiography about his life as a slave. In 1845
he wrote Life and Times of Frederick Douglass this is just one of his books. He was a very talented writer for not having gone to school as a kid. If everyone had beliefs like Fredrick the U.S. would be a lot better place. He went through more than anyone could imagine. Slavery than having to escape. After all that he still loves his country and wrote books about his hard life.
He was the leader of the abolitionist movement. This was a movement witch was against slavery and all unequality of people. This is just another thing that brings up memory’s of his time in slavery. Those thoughts might of motivated him to though. He tried to escape many times before he was successful. A women named Anna gave him hope. She was a free black women. I wonder if he ever met up with her after he escaped.
Allyssa Toth TT2 Nov.29th
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835
I think that Douglas was saying that one 'oh shoot' can erase a million 'atta boy's'. Make-up doesn't always cover up the bruises. So we have a lot to recover from this accident. But in the constitution it says we are all created equal. So we as americans went against our own word. That makes us hypocritical.
When voting we made the "3/5 law". So when voting slaves counted as 3/5 of a person. I think that was the start of treating slaves as real people. We knew it was wrong but we were and are greedy. Thats American greed.
Fernando Sierra TT2 11-29-12
ReplyDelete“America was beautiful till you see the slaves suffering.” That is the lesson learned for the quote made by Frederick Douglas in 1835. He said the quote in a anti-slave convention. He said it because he did not want slavery in America any more.
"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." This is the quote that Frederick Douglas has said at the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society’s annual meeting.
Frederick Douglas was born on February, 1818 in Maryland’s eastern shore. His mother was a slave and his father was white. His first name was Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey till he changed his name before he got married. He also sent his sons to go fight in the civil war because he could not. He saw William Lloyd Garrison give a speech at the Anti-Slavery Society’s annual meeting which inspired him into making a speech of his own.
Dolyn Meinecke 11 - 29 - 12 TT2
ReplyDeleteYour parents tell you do get something done, clean your room, do the dishes, take out the garbage, etc. We have it easy now of days. Its not so common now but slavery was a big deal. People would be bought and sold at auctions like you see on tv for storage units or cars. They would be sold as servants to do what ever there owner told them to do. If there was work that needed to be done they would need to get it done and if they didn’t they would either be treated even poorly or be whipped!
"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” This quote was from a man named Frederick Douglass. He was an african american slave. His exact birthday is unknown, he is said to be born in February of 1818. He was a slave most of his life. His mother died when he was 10. When he was 7 though he was separated from her and was sold to a guy who put him to work as a servant.
Slavery is very bad. I don’t see how people could do that to another person. There were many types of slavery, there is chattel slavery which involves the buying and selling of people also involves many sex slaves. There is bonded labor also which is how most slavery is today, people are on a loan and have to pay back eventually. Then there is the worst type of slavery, forced labor is when they are forced to work against there will, under threat of violence or other punishment, with restrictions on their freedom!
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ReplyDeleteAndrew Gilligan 11/29/12 TT2
ReplyDeleteThis expository is say that America is great. The things in it are awesome. All the lakes, mountains, river, and fields. It was good for some of the people there but not all. Not for all of the slave who had to keep working in the fields and doing all of the hard work.
The slaves where in great place but they didn’t want to be there. They had to do what other people wanted them to do. They weren't happy and they didn’t want to be there. They where separated from there families. They where sad all the time.
They where taken from there homes. They where sold to people and they weren’t free. They where owned by other people. They didn’t get to eat good food, it was gross and there was not a lot of food to eat. The meaning is that even a great place and be a bad place to be.
Abbie Wagner
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Slavery; one of the topics that tried to tear America apart. “In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky- her grand old woods- her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835
These are the words of a slave.
A 17 year old slave named Frederick Douglas. Frederick Douglas said his mind was not enslaved, only his body. He was a slave, but in his mind, he was a free spirit. He once became ill in the fields as he was working and was whipped for it. His master’s wife taught him to read and write. He was obviously very educated, being able to learn so quickly. When his master found out, he forbade it saying it was dangerous.
Frederick practiced reading and writing in secret for many years, until he was good at it. Then, he organized a secret Sunday school and taught other slave children to read and write. Frederick Douglas was a brave soul who stood up for Americans of all races. He only saw his mother a couple of times because he was separating at infancy. Frederick played a huge role in demolishing slavery. He taught Americans that slaves were real people, not property.
John Manney
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Image our world without slavery. Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After he escaped from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement. Abolitionism, used as a single word, was a movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal. He stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Many Northerners also found it hard to believe that such a great orator had been a slave. He was born in February 1818, and died February 20, 1895.
"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglass said this quote in 1835.
When I read this quoted over and over, the biggest picture I saw from this quote is how nasty slavery made the United States. I couldn’t imagine Frederick Douglass’s life if he made a quote this strong when he was only 17 years old. When he lead the abolitionist movement it was his second time trying to escape. The first time he tried to escape from Colonel Lloyd. The second time he tried to escape from Covey.
Molly Brunner TT4
ReplyDeleteIf our land was so gorgeous, why weren't our intentions. Frederic Douglas, a former slave that had escaped and then became the leader of the abolitionist. An abolitionist is a person who tries to stop slavery. He is also well known for a specif quote. He said "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Fredric was giving some very valuable wisdom, and from my point of view I feel like Fredric was really saying "look! Look at this beautiful land and then look at the people who occupy it! Look how they are mistreating us!".
Fredric was really saying that the land was as good as ever, but the people weren't. We were beasts. We were mistreating these human beings! He was trying to point out to us what we did then, is unacceptable. We learned from this even in history. In the day that this country banished slave, it was the best thing that I think that our country has done.
Evan Anderson 11/27/12 MW2
ReplyDeleteFrederick Douglas was born in February 1818 and died February 20, 1895 he was 77 when he died. He was part of the Abolitionist which is a movement to end slavery. He also was a author, editor, and diplomat. He was married to Anna Murray-Douglas from 1838 to1882 and then got married to Helen Pitts in 1884 to his death in 1895. He had five children and his parents were Harriet Bailey and they were not sure who the farther was but was said to be Aaron Anthony.
Frederick Douglas said "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." in 1835.
When he said this quote I think what he meant is our country is a beautiful country and how great it is but then he remembers that there are people that aren't treated right and that is slaves. He talks about how great America is but is suddenly reminded that blacks were cursed to be slaves and that there tears flow in the rivers and black slaves blood is on the fertile fields in farms. He talks about how they have to suffer and not be treated right by this great country. His mood rapidly changes from happy to unutterable loathing after thinking about the cruel things that blacks had to go threw. I think what he was saying that this country is a great country but there are bad things that ruin this country and that is slave-holding and that slaves have to give there blood and tears.
Chris Luoma MW2 11-29-12
ReplyDeleteIf America is about freedom then why are there slaves? Fredrick Douglas was a man who wanted slavery to end. He thought that there should be no slaves in America because they fought for freedom and so did some african americans who wished slavery would end so they could be free too. Thats what he wanted but later on Abraham Lincoln ended slavery as the 4th president.
When Fredrick Douglas escaped slavery he became the leader of abolitionist movement. He wanted slavery to end but it wouldn't. When America beat the British in the war the three fifths compromise was made because the southern states wanted slave to be counted as a person and property so they made slaves three fifths of a vote. This made people want slaves as not property but as a complete person. Lots of people thought it should end when we won the war because america was all about freedom and independence but yet we still have slaves.
Fredrick Douglas was nominated for vice president. He was born and then his mother died a little bit after and he was raised by his grandparents. He was a firm believer of equality in all people. Because he was raised by his grandparents he was after being raised a slave. Next he escaped and became a man to help end slavery in America. He was a main factor in ending slavery and helping America become one of the best independent colonies.
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savannah soronen tt4
"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing."
These were the words of Frederick Douglass A man who stood up for what he believed in. He was born into slavery and escaped in 1838. Shortly after he began protesting about slavery. He is known to be one of the most famous abolitionists. He was a very brave man. Couldn’t he get hurt for this? I hope not because he is just standing up for what he believes in and that is worth freedom if its risky I guess. I would never do this stand up to some one who could hurt be I’m not brave enough to. But some people are born to be brave like Fredrick Douglass.
He rote 3 novels all 3 talking slavery. They all say different thing like Why slavery is bad. What happens. Also what slavery was like through his eyes. In one of his novels he called slavery cruel, unnatural, immoral, and unjust and I think that those are all the words that describe slavery. Slavery is one of the meanest things to do to someone. They didn’t do anything o you so why be so mean. There just bullies I guess but it still isn’t right!
Emily Edwards November 29, 2012 MW4
ReplyDeleteChanging America’s History with his work. Frederick Douglas born into slavery, but then escaped when he was 20 years old. After escaping slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement meaning to ban slavery. That is what he was known for because of his dazzling oratory and incisive anti slavery writing. Frederick Douglas’s abolitionist appeared a lot in the black news paper.
Traveling to Massachusetts at 23 years old Frederick gave his first speech. He did speeches most of his life talking about how he had to go into slavery. Frederick was part of a black church and was part of many organizations. He also published many auto biographies about himself. Frederick Douglas also fought for women rights after the Civil War.
Since Frederick Douglas was apart of the abolitionist movement for anti-slavery. I strongly believe that he was talking about how beautiful America was, but how the sins of a man took over America with slavery. I also believe that he was talking about his pain through the land and how his sisters were angry.
Jordan Mick 11-30-12 TT2
ReplyDeleteAmerica has really changed a lot throughout history. Mostly for the better. Back then, life was was simple. Well, for anyone not African-American. They have brutally fought all throughout history to gain freedom and respect. Slavery was the only life they knew, but they wanted that to change.
Perhaps one of the remembered figures in the fight against slavery was Fredrick Douglass. He was born in 1818, and since he was born he desperately wanted freedom. As he was growing up he was a slave, along with his sibling. They were separated into many different parts of the country. He was also very interested in reading and writing. In one of the places he was enslaved, he took it upon himself to secretly teach the other slaves to read and write.
He never did get to see slavery abolished in his lifetime, but he was able to buy his freedom before his death in 1895. He paid $711, and that was quite a lot for the times. He also published Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. He also had children with his wife, Sophia. His ultimate goal wasn’t accomplished in his lifetime, but he is remembered for doing some great things that many African-Americans can be proud of.
Liam McCreadie
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"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835 means to me that America is always moving on.
Freadrick was born in February 1818 so he was young when he said that quote. Fredrick Douglass was one of the most famous abolitionists. Yet he was not known for his peaceful ways. When the civil war began he wrote to Pres. Lincoln saying he could organize slave riots all over the south.
Of course Lincoln wanted this conflict resolved peacefully, so he said no. So Fredrick tried to do a lot of good things but he couldn't do that because he wanted to do it whith violence. But he was a good guy and he had a hard time growing up as a kid because he lost a lot of people and family as a child in his life.
Cheyanne Weber TT4 11/29/12
ReplyDeleteNo one should be treated so rudely and suffer through the horrible pain of slavery."In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." This quote was said by a real life slave Frederick Douglass, Frederick was born in a slave cabin and when he was only a few weeks old he was abandoned by his mother and then raised by his grandparents. When Frederick was older he escaped slavery than became a leader of the abolitionist movement.
When Frederick said this quote he was describing what his life was like as a slave and when I read this I was amazed of how much pain slavery can be and how they had no freedom, no saying of there life. No one should be treated so rudely and suffer through the horrible pain os slavery.
Slavery is horrible no one should be treated like slaves are. Being a slave means you are not american and you aren’t free but everyone should be able to have freedom. No one should be treated so rudely.
Dylan Romans TT4
ReplyDeleteI don,t get how Americans where all about freedom but yet they had slaves it was very unfair.How would they feel if they where slaves i bet they wouldn't feel so good that,s how the slaves felt.I thought America was all about freedom.We had beautiful land,s but ugly rights.I,m glad president Lincoln took a stand and ended slavery or it would probable still be happening
Jordan Drake
ReplyDeleteIn thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods- her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing". Fredrick Douglas said that qoute MENT american was not what it used to be.
I think what Fredrick Douglas was trying to say was that he thinks that the first time America was said of he had caught himself looking, and admiring all of the little things. Not all of the big things. Like he was admiring the sky and the grass and how it was so green and how the sky was so big and blue. I sounds like this would be a line in the pledge of allegiance or something. I also think that He needs to clairfy on what he wsa saying or trying to say. I also wonder why he feels a big percent of loath inside. I know what loathing something means but I am not so sure about what fertile means. But it sounds a little weird. I think that if we all tried a little harder we could unlock the full potential of
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Lydia Wohlfeil 11-30-12 5th E9
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas wrote this in 1835 to William Lloyd Garrison.
Emily Koenders 12-1-12 Mw2
ReplyDeleteFredrick Douglas was born in Maryland.He was selected to be in a plantation home when he was 10 his mother died he was given to lucita Ann.Later on in life he wrote a book called the Colombian orator it was the human rights.He shared this the enslaved in life he taught other slaves to read the Testmant at a weekly church service usually more than 40 slaves attended.When Douglas was a slave he tried to escape twice before succeeded.When he escaped he was assisted by Anna Murray who was a free black woman from baltimore.When he escaped he took a train back to his hometown Maryland.
Since Fredrick was born in Talbot county,Maryland which was big for its slavery.So when he was little he already knew he had to be a slave when he grew up.In this quote he describes America.He describes good and bad because everything has a good a bad.He describes the good about what he see's,that what he see's has a lot of meaning to him.The bad is about the slavery,slavery was an important thing thing back then in some places there were a ton of slaves some not.You have to think about being a slave,not getting enough working outside no matter what the temperature only having so little to your name,little clothes on your back,sometimes watching people die from being sick it was a tough subject to talk about back then and probably still is today thats what he ment when he said “unutterable loathing”.But he was a tough person he tried to escape and didn't stop until he succeeded.When he said this I think he was trying to say that theres a good and bad in everything .
Sophia Almasri
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Some people have it easy and some people have it hard, in 1835 Frederick Douglass had it very hard. He once said “In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her ground old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the internal spirt of slave-holding and wrong; when I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile drink dally of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” Frederick Douglass 1835. What does he mean by this? What he mean by this is, he used to see America as such a great place! Everybody saying they love each other and everything. Then you go inside their house and you see a slave being worked to death.
Frederick hated to see this, him being a slave as well. He worked for William Freeland, he also secretly organized Sunday school to teach other slaves to read. I can’t believe he didn’t get caught because people really didn’t want slaves to learn. But that did not stop him. He would do anything for things to be right and fair, no mater the cost. He was a very suborned but good man.
In the end Frederick tried to escape from being a slave two times. But from different places. Which means he was a slave for a long time. No one should deserve to live like that no matter the color of your skin. That is what he was trying to get threw to people, but know one would listen. I am glad he did the things he did because I don’t think anyone should like like that either, slavery was the worst thing that America had to offer.
David Turner TT4
ReplyDeleteEverything in america is beautiful and free. Until slavery comes up. Slavery was defiantly one of the biggest contradictions in the early development in america. One one side the south wanted slaves. Where on the north did not want slaves at all. We got into such an argument about this that it even started a war! I mean when you think about it it doesn't make much sense, America the free where everyone is treated the same... except if your african? The north got this concept, But the south did not agree with this at all. Then when it came to representation in congress, They wanted to count the slaves in the population instead as propriety. wich was even more confusing, i mean if you are going to count them in the population why not treat them like people. The north representatives said if they are to counted in the population and not as proportie then thy have the right to vote, But you treat them like proportie so they will be taxed like any other proportie. Now doesn't that make more sense? but no the south were persistent and it wasn't until the bill to ban slavery until they gave up the war.
Dj DeGregorio 12/3/12 Mw2
ReplyDeleteSome people have it easy and some people have it hard, in 1835 Frederick Douglass had it very hard. He once said “In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her ground old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the internal spirt of slave-holding and wrong; when I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile drink dally of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” Frederick Douglass 1835. What does he mean by this? What he mean by this is, he used to see America as such a great place! Everybody saying they love each other and everything. Then you go inside their house and you see a slave being worked to death.
Since Fredrick was born in Talbot county,Maryland which was big for its slavery.So when he was little he already knew he had to be a slave when he grew up.In this quote he describes America.He describes good and bad because everything has a good a bad.He describes the good about what he see's,that what he see's has a lot of meaning to him.The bad is about the slavery,slavery was an important thing thing back then in some places there were a ton of slaves some not.You have to think about being a slave,not getting enough working outside no matter what the temperature only having so little to your name,little clothes on your back,sometimes watching people die from being sick it was a tough subject to talk about back then and probably still is today thats what he ment when he said “unutterable loathing”.But he was a tough person he tried to escape and didn't stop until he succeeded.When he said this I think he was trying to say that theres a good and bad in everything .
max bachmeier mw4
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing
Alex Lipski
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12-3-12
After I finished this expository, I finally realized how lucky not to have slavery! We are part of the group that dosen't have slavery because still some countries have this evil thing. Think about it this way. If we still had slavery, it would have changed every single football team we have today. The Detroit Lions wouldn't have Calvin Johnson. The Detroit Tigers wouldn't have Prince Fielder!
As you can see life would be very different with slavery, and I am happy life isn't different. Zeke Sherry was an African American in our school last year. No one treated him different besides some boys who called him a n**** and he didn't appreciate it at all. This is why Zeke isn't at our school this year.
Jacob Albrecht TT4
ReplyDeleteEverything in America is beautiful The sky, The trees, The city But when I am reminded of slavery everything all the joy of this beautiful country goes away. Reading this makes me think of not only slavery problems back then but also problems now. America would be a amazing place if it wasn't for abortion. America has such an amazing inheritances. But I wonder and pray and hope when will this blood shed stop. Today People don't see it but America is 100 times worse then it was 100 years ago. I think the lesson learned is that the world isnt perfect. That dont expect a perfect nation
Kyle Ruloff 12-4-12
ReplyDeleteI think in this quote "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835
He Was trying to describe her by not using normal everyday words like pretty or beautiful but puts meaning in to it words that mean a lot more and make who this is really understand how he feels about her and that she is a star crowned fountain. I think this is a not common but in a good way to transfer such nice meanings to someone. He was also being very mature. Why I say that is because he thought about it for a long time and didn't just rush and put what you hear every day. He also made it very appropriate and making it readable for all ages and by saying this he is being a great role model and showing off his great skills.
Natalie Cottingham TT4
ReplyDeleteThis quote means to me that America is beautiful. Everything in America is beautiful. When you think of slavery and how some people can't experience seeing all those beautiful things is sad. I think that everyone deserves to be on their own. To be there own person. America is beautiful, everyone deserves to expirence that.
cierra cox 12-4-12 mw4
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835
He is saying how beautiful everything was and how he admires it but life was hard and slavery would make him see that everything else is so special but people have forgotten freedom and a lot of things changed through history.
Allie Hauserman MW2
ReplyDeleteThe lesson learned by this quote is quite simple; Although something may appear to be beautiful and amazing, there is sometimes something that isn't as beautiful as it's beauty would cover up. The quote,"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Meant exactly that.
This was said by Frederick Douglas in 1835 and he was saying that America was beautiful land and it made him happy, but then he saw the plague of slavery and it destroyed the beauty of America that he once saw.
Mitch Olsen MW2
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing."
Jason Muir MW2
ReplyDeleteIts starts off nice then it turns all bad and sad. It was written by Fredrick Douglas. In all his quotes he was talking about christ. It was written in 1835. It says how the slaves were treated. It was also about his brothers and sisters.
Sarah Henneman TT4 December 6
ReplyDeleteIn saying "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, was saying that America is a very beautiful and amazing place, but its history of slavery, slaughter, and war is a whole different side of America,I came to believe that Fredrick knew that all of this slavery was wrong, he knew other people though this to, they were against slavery but were not yet ready to give it away.He soon fought for there freedom, not seeing what was coming next.
Gabe Grannis Mw2
ReplyDeleteSome people have it easy and some people have it hard, in 1835 Frederick Douglass had it very hard. He once said “In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her ground old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the internal spirt of slave-holding and wrong; when I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile drink dally of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” Frederick Douglass 1835. What does he mean by this? What he mean by this is, he used to see America as such a great place! Everybody saying they love each other and everything. Then you go inside their house and you see a slave being worked to death.
Since Fredrick was born in Talbot county,Maryland which was big for its slavery.So when he was little he already knew he had to be a slave when he grew up.In this quote he describes America.He describes good and bad because everything has a good a bad.He describes the good about what he see's,that what he see's has a lot of meaning to him.The bad is about the slavery,slavery was an important thing thing back then in some places there were a ton of slaves some not.You have to think about being a slave,not getting enough working outside no matter what the temperature only having so little to your name,little clothes on your back,sometimes watching people die from being sick it was a tough subject to talk about back then and probably still is today thats what he ment when he said “unutterable loathing”.But he was a tough person he tried to escape and didn't stop until he succeeded.When he said this I think he was trying to say that theres a good and bad in everything .
Andrew Cline
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In the quote "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." By Frederick Douglas in 1835.
I think he means everything in America is beautiful including trees, grass, everything. In reading this I realized that we are very lucky not to have slavery now. Frederick was born in Maryland and that was a big place for slavery. He didn't like slavery and wanted it to stop.
Chris Monaster 12/9/12 MW4
ReplyDeleteThis expository is say that America is great. The things in it are awesome. All the lakes, mountains, river, and fields. It was good for some of the people there but not all. Not for all of the slave who had to keep working in the fields and doing all of the hard work.
The pain caused by us americans will stay with our country forever. We did terrible things to our fellow americans in the olden days just because they were a different color. We hurt others to make life easier for us. Now we look bad and realize how horrible we were. We all wish things would of have been different but we can't change what our ancestors have done. The curse we created on our land that can't be broken.
Makayla sanders 12/12/12 MW2
ReplyDeleteNo matter what happens we shouldn’t forget the tragedies. Everything around is is perfect except slavery. “In thinking of america, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slaver-holing and wrong: When I remember that with the water of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are born to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.” Frederick Douglas, 1835.
Frederick was born in February or 1818. Frederick was a slave him self and he had escaped slavery in 1830 and rose to become a principal leader and spokesperson for the U.S
Abolition movement. This quote was most likely about the way he felt about him being a slave. He might have been talking about the slaves he taught. Slaves weren’t aloud to be taught how to read or write; That’s why Frederick had to do it so secretly.
He was a leader of abolitionist movement. Abolitionist meant movement to end slavery. This was exactly was he was doing. After his three narratives narratives, and his number articles,speeches, and letters, Frederick Vigorously agreed against slaver. This quote is very powerful because slaver was a big thing back during the wars and mean people tried to stop slaver.
Devin Smith 12-16-12 TT4
ReplyDeleteI think this quote was very inspiring. It tells of how America can be much more than just beauty. It needs to live up to a much more juicy word. I don't yet know what that word is. But it also shows how slavery makes all the beauty of our country go down the drain. Thats what i believe this quote says.
Garrison Thomas 12/13/12 TT4
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835. He speaks true words America is the land of the free, the land of opportunity the blue sky's, the beautiful sights to see, America is on of the most beautiful places to be on this earth.
America is beautiful and full things to see such as animals and plants that may not be found anywhere else on the earth. But than he says that “But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong.” I think what he means is that in the mist of all of this greatness the thought of slavery is just appalling and this is a perfect example of why people should have gotten rid of slavery and I hope this quote had made a big impact on the civil war. We have abolished slavery now and we have lived happily since than, but just think about it what life would be like if slavery was still legal in the united states and how bad it would be and I think he says the right words with the part on slavery. The next part when he says “That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters” this may be different than what I think but I think he's talking about the wars that have happened such as the civil war were many people died in america. But the message I see here is kind of to make you see that maybe there may be clear skies and grass hills and “star-crowned” mountains there is still scars left and problems.
The message is actually very meaningful and it does go into some things that people may not want to talk about such as slavery or people dieing but I feel that it was worded very well. The land of the free, the home of the brave, the place of beautiful wonders to be seen, or the place of the “star-crowned mountains” is the great place named the united states of america. This place while being beautiful and wonderful has the problem of slavery and violence within itself and the place of blood spilt every day is what this man said and what meaningful words they are. I cant really begin to describe what I take of these words what I have said is merely the surface I am just grateful for what this man said and I believe they were words spoken of the truth. So I believe that no matter how good something can get or is there will always to be some flaw within that thing such as slavery is what I believe Fredrick Douglas in 1935 was trying to say.
Brooklynn Hartman
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Fredrick Douglas was free he tried to get others free. He wanted slavery to end, some people might say he was a big help in stopping slavery. the tears of my brethren are born to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing. Frederick was a slave him self and he had escaped slavery in 1830 and rose to become a principal leader and spokesperson for the U.S
We all wish things would of have been different but we can't change what our ancestors have done.This quote was most likely about the way he felt about him being a slave. He might have been talking about the slaves he taught.
Macie Toy 12-18-12 TT4
ReplyDeleteThis quote, written by Fredrick Douglas in a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, is saying that despite America's beauty, she still is not perfect. America is clearly one-of-a-kind - with her bright blue skies and her star-crowed mountains, beautiful is the word often used to describe her - she still has her flaws. In this case, the flaw is slavery. Slavery was a big part of the 1800s. Enslaved African Americans were bought, sold, and beat. They would work for hours on end- some of the slaves lives were taken in the cotton fields.
Brooke Hulbert 12-18-12
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In saying this quote: "In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, Was stating a fact, Americas looks were very Beautiful but Americas history, was not the history of all the slavery and blood shed was what made this country what it is today,
He knew what slavery could do as he grew up in Maryland,He also knew that is was wrong and, Slavery Must End.
America was beautiful, its history not so much
Zack Schingeck 12-19-12 5th Hour
ReplyDeleteAmerica is a beautiful place to live, love, and learn, but we had to go through many hardships and wars in order to get to this point. The Revolutionary War brought us freedom, but fast forward 100 years and you will find people fighting about whether slaves should be treated equally or not. Americans created the “three-fifths compromise,” which labelled slaves as three-fifths of a person.
Why is that so? Is it because of their race? Slaves are people, just like you and me. They have people they love, they have dreams... a life should not be taken for granted. We only get one. To understand what I mean, imagine yourself in a slave's shoes. Nothing but day after day of backbreaking work. Skin color and hair color should not matter. It does not give them the right to abuse other people.
Garrison Thomas TT4 12/17/12
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835. He speaks true words America is the land of the free, the land of opportunity the blue sky's, the beautiful sights to see, America is on of the most beautiful places to be on this earth. America is beautiful and full things to see such as animals and plants that may not be found anywhere else on the earth. But than he says that “But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong.” I think what he means is that in the mist of all of this greatness the thought of slavery is just appalling and this is a perfect example of why people should have gotten rid of slavery and I hope this quote had made a big impact on the civil war. We have abolished slavery now and we have lived happily since than, but just think about it what life would be like if slavery was still legal in the united states and how bad it would be and I think he says the right words with the part on slavery. The next part when he says “That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters” this may be different than what I think but I think he's talking about the wars that have happened such as the civil war were many people died in america. But the message I see here is kind of to make you see that maybe there may be clear skies and grass hills and “star-crowned” mountains there is still scars left and problems.
The message is actually very meaningful and it does go into some things that people may not want to talk about such as slavery or people dieing but I feel that it was worded very well. The land of the free, the home of the brave, the place of beautiful wonders to be seen, or the place of the “star-crowned mountains” is the great place named the united states of America. This place while being beautiful and wonderful has the problem of slavery and violence within itself and the place of blood spilt every day is what this man said and what meaningful words they are. I cant really begin to describe what I take of these words what I have said is merely the surface I am just grateful for what this man said and I believe they were words spoken of the truth. So I believe that no matter how good something can get or is there will always to be some flaw within that thing such as slavery is what I believe Fredrick Douglas in 1935 was trying to say.
Jacob Pennywitt 12-19-12
ReplyDeleteIf America is about freedom then why are there slaves? Fredrick Douglas was a man who wanted slavery to end. He thought that there should be no slaves in America because they fought for freedom and so did some African Americans who wished slavery would end so they could be free too. That's what he wanted but later on Abraham Lincoln ended slavery as the 4th president.
When Fredrick Douglas escaped slavery he became the leader of abolitionist movement. He wanted slavery to end but it wouldn't. When America beat the British in the war the three fifths compromise was made because the southern states wanted slave to be counted as a person and property so they made slaves three fifths of a vote. This made people want slaves as not property but as a complete person. Lots of people thought it should end when we won the war because America was all about freedom and independence but yet we still have slaves.
Fredrick Douglas was nominated for vice president. He was born and then his mother died a little bit after and he was raised by his grandparents. He was a firm believer of equality in all people. Because he was raised by his grandparents he was after being raised a slave. Next he escaped and became a man to help end slavery in America. He was a main factor in ending slavery and helping America become one of the best independent colonies.
Olivia Harvey
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The past can sometimes be painful. Thinking about the past struggles and pains that effected your life in many ways still make you ache, such as; the loss of a loved one, or a lost battle. All different kinds of things can cause you to remember these events, no matter how hard you try to forget them, but maybe you should not forget. Maybe you should remember and learn and take that experience and trigger into a movement that will effect even more people, but now in a positive way.
Look at America as an example; When the colonies were first starting out, we had slavery and the slave trade. Two very remorse actions that changed the history of America forever. It started out in 1619. The Deceleration of Independence claimed that "All men are created equal" A lot of African American slaves voted "yes" on this document, they thought that they would be freed if all men and women in America had free rights. After the document was created. Slavery continued. Then, out came Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that on January 1st, 1863 all slaves in the states were to be freed, but it did not effect the bordered states. When the constitution was ratified in 1788, it took them 77 years to stop there slave trades with the 13th amendment that was added on to the constitution.
Do you see how much one action can effect so many more things, like domino's. Wait, so how do we take this in a positive direction? Well, because we no longer have slavery, America has opened up to letting all sorts of different ethnicity into America. We have Hispanic, African American, and many more ethnicity that have aloud us to expand our country and help our economy grow.
Memories from the past can be painful, but take them in a new direction to help others. Like, helping a friend through their loss of a family member.
Garrett Rosebush MW2
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I think this quote means that America is the best, nicest most wonderful country there will ever be.but then there is yet a dark side being covered up by all of the beautify that dark evil’s name is slavery. We went to america looking for freedom yet we enslave others. I think that everyone deserves to be free. To be there own person. America is free and everyone deserves to experience that but yet some don’t.
Devon Chase tt2
ReplyDeleteThis quote was most likely about the way he felt about him being a slave. He did int like it and he wanted it to stop and he couldn't do anything to stop it.He tried and tried but he couldn't do it.
Luke Rendell
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." This quote was said by Fredrick Douglas in 1835. Slavery was an awful thing in America’s past that will never be forgotten.Fredrick Douglas was sadly born as a slave.
Faith Klein 12/20/12 MW2
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Frederick Douglas, 1835
I believe the quote is explaining why america is so great. The Great Lakes, The Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, all of the great things america is known for, but it also states the bad points about our country. Slavery, Violence, Etc.
Frederick Douglass wrote this quote in a letter to WIlliam Lloyd Garrison on January 1st 1846. http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/1091.htm I believe this was written right before the civil war. A war that was over slavery. The war that tore apart families and even had brothers hate each other and kill each other over slavery.
Andy Bennett TT4 12/20/12
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"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.
Frederick Douglas said the Quote slavery because he was looking at a point of view from a slave and how they want to be free. he wanted people to see how slaves fell and why they want to be free.
He said many quotes but few were as inspiring as the quote “If there is no struggle there is no progress.” Those words really speak to me because it is true there has not been one event where people have not stood up for there rights. I believe that is why Abraham Lincoln made Fredric Douglass an advisor for him. After all the pain that was brought on Fredric Douglass he did get what he wanted. I wish he could see it now.
ReplyDeleteFrederick and several other slaves tried to escape from slavery. He was leader of the abolitionist movement. Abolitionist meant movement to end slavery. This was exactly what he was doing. This was his second time trying to escape.
Aaron jarema TT4
ReplyDelete"In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. In this part of the quote he is talking about the beauty of america. It also talks about the land scape and the way it all works.
“But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong.” This is talking about how even though america has nice things it also has bad things that need to change. An example of this is slavery, but is also something that we have fixed.
When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing." Here is a description of what I think is a slave trade. When it is talking about the ocean and tears it is talking about the rout across the ocean from africa to america.