By all accounts, Senator Stephan A. Douglas was against slavery. And, as was the norm in the US and on a world wide basis in the middle of the 19th century, many people had the belief that either their nationality, ethic group or race, placed them above other peoples. This is an outdated and wrong idea.
didn't he want slavery everywhere?
By all accounts, Senator Stephan A. Douglas was against slavery. And, as was the norm in the US and on a world wide basis in the middle of the 19th century, many people had the belief that either their nationality, ethic group or race, placed them above other peoples. This is an outdated and wrong idea.
Frederick Douglass felt that the biggest issue with regard to slavery was that it was morally indefensible. He believed that no one should be owned by another man, so slavery was fundamentally flawed.
Frederick Douglass
he thought slavery was right.
didn't he want slavery everywhere?
In what way was Abraham Lincoln's view of slavery different from that of Stephen Douglas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, promoted by Stephen Douglass.
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By all accounts, Senator Stephan A. Douglas was against slavery. And, as was the norm in the US and on a world wide basis in the middle of the 19th century, many people had the belief that either their nationality, ethic group or race, placed them above other peoples. This is an outdated and wrong idea.
There is not much known about the childhood of Stephen A. Douglass. He was born to Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk in 1847. He was well educated and taught school for some time.
Jacobs' descriptions of slavery's abuses was he was all for it. Douglass however was not into the slavery abuse.
Yes he was born into slavery.
his parents were Stephen A. Douglass and Sarah Fisk
Frederick Douglass was known for discussing religious belief in the role of slavery.
when did Frederick Douglass help end slaves