Frederick Douglass Research Paper

Frederick Douglass was born in Washington Bailey in Talbot County, Maryland as a slave named Frederick Augustus. His mother Harriet and his grandmother Betsey Bailey shaped his character and identity profoundly, though he rarely saw them during his early times. As a little child, Douglass was eager to know his birthday and his father but always failed to get an answer. Thus, he emotionally suffered from his illegitimate and mixed birth. Besides, there were several masters who brutal treat Douglass in 20 years of being a slave exerted a profound influence on his resistance against the slavery institution of the United States. In 1824, Douglass was forced to apart from grandmother’s home and lived with his master Aaron Anthony, who was a cruel

They fell in love and Douglass finally decided to escape on September 3, 1838. Douglass reached Philadelphia and married Anna as a freeman on September 15. In order to escape from his master, Douglass and his wife went to New Bedford. It is in this city that Douglass gave his first speech of the abolitionist idea. In August of 1841, he started to speak in front of many whites. At first, he joined William Lloyd Garrison and his camp as a hired lecturer but left in 1847. There was no doubt his lecture were impressive and powerful, which made him become a storm center of the opponents. In response to the doubts, he spent 3 months write a production, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, in Lynn, Massachusetts. This successful book made him a celebrity but he still suffered from the race discriminations. Douglass and Anna now had four children to support. In 1847, Douglass moved to Rochester, New York, and a newspaper, The North Star, which proved to be a great success and earned Douglass international fame over the next sixteen years. Besides, Douglass also participated in other right protection moves, such as attending the Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York. Between 1856 and 1860, Douglass wrote and published his second autobiography, My Bondage and My Freedom, and insisted his action of overthrowing slavery. During the

In the 1790s, the political parties of USA developed rapidly. Two major parties, the Federalist, and the Democratic-Republicans, had conflicts in foreign affairs, which caused the intertwined policymaking. During the Presidency of John Adams, the conflicts between American and French navy started and ended up with the Convention of 1800. During the Europe war, President Washington issued the Proclamation of Neutrality on April 22, 1793, which aimed at following an impartial policy toward all belligerents. However, the Britain refused to take this policy and took actions to the USA. Thus, President Washington sent an appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Jay to negotiate with them and signed Jay’s Treaty of 1794. Although this treaty accomplished little, it did improve the relationship between USA and Britain for a decade. When it came to President Jefferson, he decided to seize opportunities from the French. In 1802, Robert Livingston was appointed to negotiate with the purchase of New Orleans, which finally got an order of buying all of the Louisiana. After President Jefferson left the office, the congress of USA repealed the Embargo Act and used the Non-Intercourse Act as a