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What's your favorite song? That probably depends on how old you are.
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.
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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.
The Constitution’s 3/5 clause is often understood as the ultimate insult to enslaved Americans. One person who didn’t see it that way? Frederick Douglass.
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.
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How advanced was classical Rome? One scholar noted that in the year 100 Rome had better paved streets, sewage systems, water supplies, and fire protection than the capitals of Europe had in 1800.
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