Frederick Douglass
You're Dead to Me
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The American Anti-Slavery League - I'm Gonna Say Slavery?
Douglas was a long-term advocate for women's suffrage and temperance. He also spoke out against poverty in Ireland, and addressed political slavery in England. Anti-slavery remained closest to his heart, but there was a limit to how much support he gave to other movements. His tour is attracting huge crowds, Toussaint. A lecture he gives in Essex in 1847 is so hectic people are huddled outside the venue trying to listen in through the window.
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