Frederick Douglass began his career thinking the American founding was forever tainted by the original sin of slavery. He ended it thinking that the Founders were visionaries.
What changed his mind? Our new video has the story.
At 16, Frederick Douglass beat his slave master in a fight.
At 20, he escaped on a train, disguised as a sailor.
By 40, he was one of the most famous men in America.
On a trip to Ireland, Frederick Douglass met abolitionists who kept copies of the Declaration of Independence framed on the wall. That small gesture led him to begin rethinking America.