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Episode: Frederick Douglass Part 1: After Fighting the “Slave Breaker” for 2 Hours, the Whippings Stopped, and Douglass Changed the World!
Description: In 1889, former slave, and current ambassador to Haiti, Frederick Douglass, received a phone call from the future …
If you’re looking for inspiration about what is possible in the United States, Frederick Douglass is your man. After being born into slavery and seeing every form of violence to himself and his family, he didn’t fold under the pressure, instead he harnessed that energy and used it to fight those that believed the black man was property. In this podcast you’ll hear:
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