How Frederick Douglass Changed Abolitionism
There were many topics I found interesting to research and write about, but a topic that I have always found interesting is Frederick Douglass and what he has contributed to the revolution and society. After reading The Narrative of Frederick Douglass and reading some of his speeches in class I have found that I would really like to research his accomplishments further and do my project on how Frederick Douglass changed Abolitionism and how he was revolutionary to abolitionism.
Although I have just started my research on my topic, I have already found some very helpful sources to support what I’m doing my project on. Some of my primary sources include speeches by Frederick Douglass including “If there is no struggle, there is no Progress” and “What to the slave is the Fourth of July.” Many of my sources right now consist of many articles I have found online, but I need more secondary sources so I’m going to go to the public library to find more sources using books. Today, I tried to find Scholarly Journal articles and didn’t have much luck. I found one database that had many articles and a lot of helpful information but unfortunately the URL was not working properly so I saved the sites in a file so I could access them in the future for further research. I think that would help my research a lot more to have more of a variety of sources rather than ones just found online. Some of the Secondary sources were also very helpful. The first one I have is called “Frederick Douglass: Great Abolitionist Leader.” This article supports my topic very well by answering some of the questions like how revolutionary Frederick Douglass was when became an abolitionist and how people reacted to his abolitionism. The second secondary source I have is an article by Sandra Thomas called “The Civil War- The Fight for Emancipation.” I chose this specific article because it explained the peak of Frederick’s work as an abolitionist and how vital it was to get emancipation for the slaves. There were many other articles included that I will probably eventually use for my project. I think the speeches and the other articles I have found are some of the most important information supporting my topic and relating to the theme. Since they are written by Frederick Douglass himself, they are much more personal and really show how much of a struggle for freedom really was and how hard Frederick worked to make it possible.
I have just finished my entire project. I feel like it looks really good, but I am still having problems with the annotated bibliography. I have made various attempts at trying to fix it, including scribd.com and many others but the formatting will still not work for some reason. I believe it is because I have an Apple. This computer is not compatible with many things, including the weebly website. But over all, I feel as though my entire project looks very well made, and I have put many hours into perfecting it.
Frederick Douglass' speeches tell America the horrors of slavery and how wrong it is, and by doing this, he eventually put an end to slavery and was truly revolutionary to abolitionism because other abolitionists had failed to do this. I believe that this occurred because abolitionist thought they had to be harsh and somewhat mean to get through to people, but that’s not the case. Frederick Douglass had a different tactic. And it obviously works. Although he was harsh, he used passion and truth to get through to people, ultimately causing emancipation and changing abolitionism forever. All of my research now relates to the theme so I am very pleased with the outcome of my project.
There were many topics I found interesting to research and write about, but a topic that I have always found interesting is Frederick Douglass and what he has contributed to the revolution and society. After reading The Narrative of Frederick Douglass and reading some of his speeches in class I have found that I would really like to research his accomplishments further and do my project on how Frederick Douglass changed Abolitionism and how he was revolutionary to abolitionism.
Although I have just started my research on my topic, I have already found some very helpful sources to support what I’m doing my project on. Some of my primary sources include speeches by Frederick Douglass including “If there is no struggle, there is no Progress” and “What to the slave is the Fourth of July.” Many of my sources right now consist of many articles I have found online, but I need more secondary sources so I’m going to go to the public library to find more sources using books. Today, I tried to find Scholarly Journal articles and didn’t have much luck. I found one database that had many articles and a lot of helpful information but unfortunately the URL was not working properly so I saved the sites in a file so I could access them in the future for further research. I think that would help my research a lot more to have more of a variety of sources rather than ones just found online. Some of the Secondary sources were also very helpful. The first one I have is called “Frederick Douglass: Great Abolitionist Leader.” This article supports my topic very well by answering some of the questions like how revolutionary Frederick Douglass was when became an abolitionist and how people reacted to his abolitionism. The second secondary source I have is an article by Sandra Thomas called “The Civil War- The Fight for Emancipation.” I chose this specific article because it explained the peak of Frederick’s work as an abolitionist and how vital it was to get emancipation for the slaves. There were many other articles included that I will probably eventually use for my project. I think the speeches and the other articles I have found are some of the most important information supporting my topic and relating to the theme. Since they are written by Frederick Douglass himself, they are much more personal and really show how much of a struggle for freedom really was and how hard Frederick worked to make it possible.
I have just finished my entire project. I feel like it looks really good, but I am still having problems with the annotated bibliography. I have made various attempts at trying to fix it, including scribd.com and many others but the formatting will still not work for some reason. I believe it is because I have an Apple. This computer is not compatible with many things, including the weebly website. But over all, I feel as though my entire project looks very well made, and I have put many hours into perfecting it.
Frederick Douglass' speeches tell America the horrors of slavery and how wrong it is, and by doing this, he eventually put an end to slavery and was truly revolutionary to abolitionism because other abolitionists had failed to do this. I believe that this occurred because abolitionist thought they had to be harsh and somewhat mean to get through to people, but that’s not the case. Frederick Douglass had a different tactic. And it obviously works. Although he was harsh, he used passion and truth to get through to people, ultimately causing emancipation and changing abolitionism forever. All of my research now relates to the theme so I am very pleased with the outcome of my project.
