FREDERICK DOUGLASS: A MAN ABOVE ALL MEN
Most people know so little about Frederick Douglass, the slave-turned-abolitionist, who helped to found our current democratic-republic. Douglass was a man of virtue, intellect, compassion, and made of the the sort of stuff men today can only hope to attain. I am talking steel. But who was Douglass? Was he simply a former slave who escaped his fate and directed his anger toward revenge for his former hideous masters? Was he someone who detached his loyalty from the country, giving his sole allegiance to socialist precepts? Or was he simply a man sought to live a life of quiet respite, away from the multitude crowds and seeking isolated peace after his longsuffering as a slave? The answer to all of the above is a firm negative. Douglass was a man ahead of his time. He challenged the current falsities of his day, that Black men were naturally inferior. He held the highest standards of virtue while fighting tooth and nail for freedom, equal rights for all people, an...