Without the right to vote, Douglass correctly predicted, blacks would be subjected to continued discrimination and would never be truly free or equal. Douglass understood that especially in the South, whites, with fresh memories of the cruelties of war, would seek vengeance on blacks.
Q. Why does Douglass feel that suffrage for the black men is so important?
Douglass strongly supported suffrage for women, but believed that the African American community had a more urgent need for enfranchisement. He was afraid that if the change did not occur at this particular moment, it possibly would never happen.
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- Q. Why does Douglass feel that suffrage for the black men is so important?
- Q. What did Frederick Douglass want for the black man?
- Q. What side was Frederick Douglass on during the Civil War?
- Q. Who was Frederick Douglass 4th of July speech audience?
- Q. Why is it called Juneteenth instead of June 19th?
- Q. What is another name for Juneteenth?
- Q. Who started Juneteenth?
Q. What did Frederick Douglass want for the black man?
During the Reconstruction era, Frederick Douglass demanded government action to secure land, voting rights, and civil equality for black Americans. The following passage is excerpted from a speech given by Douglass to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in April 1865. This is Handout 3.3 (p.
Q. What side was Frederick Douglass on during the Civil War?
Union army
Q. Who was Frederick Douglass 4th of July speech audience?
At the time of the delivery of this speech, Douglass had been living in Rochester, New York for several years editing a weekly abolitionist newspaper. He was invited to give a fourth of July speech by the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester. In the early 1850s, tensions over slavery were high across the county.
Q. Why is it called Juneteenth instead of June 19th?
Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. The term Juneteenth is a blend of the words June and nineteenth.
Q. What is another name for Juneteenth?
Emancipation Day
Q. Who started Juneteenth?
In 1945, Juneteenth was introduced in San Francisco by an immigrant from Texas, Wesley Johnson. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement focused the attention of African Americans on expanding freedom and integrating.
