https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg Made with big dreams en-us 2018-02-01 13:04:33 UTC 2024-06-01 13:04:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227007167 2018-02-01 13:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227007167 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227007623 An African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings.]]> 2018-02-01 13:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227007623 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227008563 Mini Bio of Frederick Douglass' life.]]> 2018-02-01 13:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227008563 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227009119 2018-02-01 13:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227009119 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227009455 2018-02-01 13:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227009455 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227010009 2018-02-01 13:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227010009 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227010779 Douglass learned to read the alphabet--a skill that made his master furious. Judging by his master's reaction, he concluded that learning how to read and write were his pathway to freedom. Douglass continued to master reading on his own or by using the poor white children he befriended as teachers. He read books and newspapers--anything he could--but he had to do so in secret in order to avoid the wrath of his owners. ]]> 2018-02-01 13:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227010779 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227011464 Douglass was born in an era when African-Americans were given no voice, but he struggled nonetheless to be heard. His life is a testament to courage and persistence as he fought tirelessly for the freedom of millions of men and women. He is an inspiration to me and to anyone who values liberty and justice for all people.]]> 2018-02-01 13:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227011464 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227012241 2018-02-01 13:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227012241 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227012755 1. He had 5 kids
2. He remarried in 1884 after his wife Amy died.
3. His home still stands in Washington D.C.
4.Douglass spent two years in Britain speaking for the abolitionists cause.
5. After the civil war, Douglass then got involved with women's rights.]]> 2018-02-01 13:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227012755 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227015269 2018-02-01 13:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227015269 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227031385 He wrote books about the Life of slaves to try to spread awareness for the slaves. His books turned out to be very popular and spread the word to end slavery.]]> 2018-02-01 13:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227031385 s_nicholas_hockenbrock https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227032780 2018-02-01 14:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s_nicholas_hockenbrock/y003stxbdyqg/wish/227032780