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Podcast: Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Episode: Frederick Douglass | Hunger Strike Commemoration | Pen Behind The Wire
Description: Frederick Douglass takes pride of place in BelfastA great crowd turned out on Monday morning in Lombard St. in Belfast City Centre for the unveiling by Belfast City Ard Mheara Ryan Murphy of a very fine statue of Frederick Douglass, escaped slave and human rights campaigner. It is a striking image of Douglass who is an iconic figure for his work on campaigning for an end to slavery and for equality and justice for African Americans and for women. He visited Ireland in 1845-46 just before the worst years of The Great Hunger. National H...