Frederick Douglass: “Our National Capital” Lecture - Milestone Documents

Frederick Douglass: “Our National Capital” Lecture

( 1877 ) Commentary by L. Diane Barnes, Youngstown State University
  • “When white men wish my aid, they tell me wonderful things of what they or their fathers did in the abolition cause, when it cost something to be known as an abolitionist. Through this class I have learned that there were a great many more Under Ground Railroad Stations at the north than I ever dreamed of in the time of slavery and when I sorely needed one myself.” - Paragraph 6
  • “Send for a mechanic to put a shingle on your roof; a plumber to mend your water pipe, or your gas pipe; or send to anybody else to do the smallest piece of work, and at his heels you will find the inevitable black boy. He is there to carry the tools, to tote the water, and to otherwise wait and tend on the Boss.” - Paragraph 12
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