Posted on 02/07/2018 6:38:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Frederick Douglass was born Frederick “Baily” on a Maryland plantation around Feb. 7, 1817, though no accurate records exist, as he was a slave. He later chose the birth date of February 14 as he remembered his mother calling him her “little valentine.” He never saw his mother in the daylight, as he was separated from her as an infant. He did not know who his father was.
Around 12 years old, his master’s sister-in-law, Sophia Auld, was teaching Frederick the alphabet, despite this being against the law. When her husband found out and immediately forbade it, saying that if slaves could read, they would grow discontent and desire freedom.
Frederick considered this the “first decidedly anti-slavery lecture” he had ever heard, causing him to be determined to read all the more.
Frederick wrote in his autobiography of learning to read from neighborhood white children. He would carefully observe the writings of men he worked with. He remembered reading a newspaper only to have it snatched away from him with a scolding. Frederick voraciously read newspapers, books, and a publication titled the Columbian Orator. He is noted as saying “knowledge is the pathway from slavery to freedom.”
Frederick was hired out to the William Freeland plantation where he taught other slaves to read the New Testament at a weekly Sunday school. Slaves would use dirt as a chalk board. Enthusiasm in learning to read drew more than 40 slaves to attend. Neighboring Democrat plantation owners were incensed that their slaves were learning to read, as this made it harder to control them.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
They stop being democRATs.
They now know how to read yet they support encourage and promote the thug life style, black racism, entitlement and dependency as a way of life. Its what you do and the direction you take that creates success not just learning how to read
“Tell that to the colleges whose football teams that many on here worship about that deficiency.”
Can you imagine the uproar that would be caused if universities were forced to administer and publish results of athlete literacy tests?
yep anything is possible.
But then again reading is merely a beginning.
We just had a president capable of reading, but yet failed to know anything about our culture and heritage, and the roots of wester civilized mans successes.
Clearly a cultural alien... but he was a much loved president.....I think POS is more appropriate. A polished, bright and shiny turd.
Right now there are generations of ignorants in America failing to recognize who , what and why America is great. Many of the ignorant have been grabbed up by the marxists.
That was a wonderful and amazing article. Thanks for posting.
It is...black children are essentially being treated like slave children by the public school system - which is almost entirely Democrat controlled. In many parts of the South before Emancipation, it was against the law to teach blacks to read and even a capital crime for preachers to evangelize them.
There’s no excuse for the condition of black education now and no excuse for the unions and Democrats who have kept it this way.
“We just had a president capable of reading, but yet failed to know anything about our culture and heritage, and the roots of western civilized mans successes.”
And he taught this >>> Our personage, who art in heaven,..Give me my SNAP CARD and Sec #8 house etc etc etc
When a slave learns to read, his mind is set free. The rest will soon follow.
Yeouch !
..hopefully some one will fix his wagon soon.....
“Now we have an entire generation clawing their way back to illiteracy.”
They can’t read “DO NOT EAT” on the Tide Pod packets.
They read the 2nd amendment, get a gun and are no longer slaves
Should have said ‘may’ as opposed to ‘can’.
“Around 12 years old, his master’s sister-in-law, Sophia Auld, was teaching Frederick the alphabet, despite this being against the law.”
And now that blacks have all the possibilities, encouragement, facilities and freedom to not only read but become anything they want, so few take that opportunity.
I wonder what Fredrick Douglas, who without a doubt was quite an intellect, would say about that if he were alive today
Interestingly enough he was a republican then, and I got a feeling he’d be a conservative today and an avid Trump supporter.
Also his father was white and his second marriage was to a white woman.
Thanks for posting this. It prompted me to download 3 of Mr. Douglass’ books from Project Gutenberg to add to my reading list.
Hmm... Reparations for the Irish would be bottles of whisky and 40 sacks of potatoes.
FTA: The Irish were supportive of Douglass, as during the 17th century, more Irish Catholics were sold into slavery than Africans, either by British to the Caribbean or by Muslim Corsair pirates to Africa’s Barbary Coast.
Maryland: from Frederick Douglass to BLM and the knockout game.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Great story
Thanks for posting.
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