Frederick Douglass and the Seneca Falls speech

    There is a lot of similarities between the abolitionist movement and the antebellum women's right movement.  They both were are fighting for freedom.  In Frederick's Douglass' speech, July 5, 1852 and The Seneca Falls Declaration of sentiments and Resolutions, 1848,  both talked about they deprived the money they earned.  Also, they discussed how slaves and women education  and their "natural" rights got denied. They mention the challenging and  the struggle their audiences that had with freedom. 


        

Frederick's Douglass

     Elizabeth Cody Stanton and Lucertia Mott

Frederick Douglass

                                                    

                                                       Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a slave who became well known as a leader of human rights after his speech on July 5, 1852. 

On July 5, 1852, he wrote he gave a speech that talked about how African American celebrating freedom. 

                                          

                                          
                                                         Frederick Douglass



Quotes 

• " The fact is, ladies and gentlemen, the distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which I escaped, is considerable- and the difficulties to be overcome in getting from the latter to the former, are by no means slight."

         Frederick Douglass talks about the he encountered the difficulties and challenging to get from the platform to the slave plantation. 

• "The freedom gained is yours; and you, therefore, may properly celebrate anniversary."

          What he is trying to say in this quote is that the celebration of July 4th is only for American people.  The purpose of celebrating July 4th is to represent the independence as a nation, but this is not. 

• " What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim."

  He means to slaves the 4th of July isn't to celebration of their independent, instead it just reminds what they have been through when they were slaves. 

• "The fugitive Slave Law makes MERCY TO THEM, A CRIMR; and bribes the judge who tries them."

       

          Douglass says that the justice system of U.S is controlled by money. 

• "I, therefore, leave of began, with hope."

    In the end of his speech, Frederick Douglass hopes that America will began to fix their system. 

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                                A high school senior, Molly Mcgaan got denied by Harvard.

•  Molly Mcgaan a high school senior from Chicago
•  She did not get accepted from Harvard
• She used the word such as "$awwg moneyyyy", started and essay with the word " listen here u a little slanks", and ended with "Mcgaan *drop mic*"

   People nowadays don't take education seriously. As we know that the University of Harvard is really hard to get into.  They have know their own ability, SAT, GPA ect.... Before they apply to Harvard. According to this article, I personally think this person just takes it as a joke.  One of my senior friends had applied to Harvard. He's pretty smart though he has high GPA but he doesn't get involve in sports or any activities. That is why unfortunately he did not get accepted. Don't get upset if a Harvard does not accept your application because this university is very hard to get into.