Douglass and Garrison

 

As in the post below, Douglass' speeches are fascinating but they make me aware of all I don't know about abolitionism and the pre-war period.  In Douglass' speech The Dred Scott Decision we learn that he and his mentor William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of The Liberator, ultimately disagreed about whether the Union should be preserved and whether the Constitution was ultimately a document supporting slavery or a tool for ending it.  These are deep philosophical questions that I would love to delve into more deeply.  

On the Library's periodical database Ebsco Host I uncovered an article that might help:

Gregory Garvey, T. (1995). Frederick Douglass’s change of opinion on the U.S. Constitution: Abolitionism and the.. ATQ, 9(3), 229.

If you click this link, you will be prompted to enter your library card number to access the article.  (and for what it's worth, ATQ stands for American Transcendental Quarterly)

Douglass and Brown

 At the midpoint of our program I find that I'd like to know more of the specifics of the relationship between John Brown and Frederick Douglass.  The Library of Congress makes available the text of the lecture: John Brown, delivered at Harper’s Ferry and sundry other places by Frederick Douglass.  If you have the time to read it, we'd love to know what it illuminates for you.