frederick douglass later wrote in his autobiography this was the first anti-slavery lecture he experiencedand it gave him the motivation to learn and realized information is knowledge. in order to facilitate his learning, frederick then used a resource he had at hand. one of those was because of his place in the house and his loft near the kitchen, he had access to food, biscuits and warm bread. in that situation he was better off than some of the white immigrant boys that were his neighbors. he was able to barter bread for lessons from his white playmates. >> and a quote from frederick douglass's book. set out with high hope and a fixed purpose that whatever cost of trouble would learn how to read. so was mrs. alt a hero? prof. medford: she certainly was to him. he admired her for the rest of his life. he talked about her fondly. she was trying to do the right thing. but he used her in another way. he used her as an example because he said after her husband told her she was wrong in teaching him, her whole demeanor changed toward him. and so he used that as an example of what slavery does

that was a bridge too far for frederick douglass.eople that loved him where like emerson, thoreau, alcott, the intellectual crowd of greater boston area. >> we are physically next door to the supreme court, right here at the library of congress. and the next book is the common law by oliver wendell holmes jr. holmes says that the life of the law has not been logic, it has been experience. why is this on the list? >> i was surprised that he was on the list, now that he is not a giant, but i have never read common law. it has become such a part of our culture, we are the most legalistic society in the world, and he has boiled down thoughts about our legal institutions, that book has distilled elections -- lectures and thinking down into a potent, longer form essay. you can read it pretty quickly. he was an extraordinary figure, mainly, people don't maybe realize because theodore roosevelt put them on the supreme court, and he lived to be 93 years old, he was the oldest supreme court justice. when you hear today that people should step

it was here in the spring of 1826 that a young enslaved african-american boy called frederick douglass landed to start his adventure, and a new chapter in his life that he chronicled in his first autobiography. he landed on a ship very similar to this. other passengers with young frederick bailey was a herd of sheep sent to the baltimore market. was the first town that he saw, first city that he saw. after dropping off the sheep to the market, he was taken by a deckhand to meet the family that he would live with on and off until he was in his 20's. frederick douglass lived in a number of homes at fellows point. a second home was at philpott street in an area called the hook. to put this in perspective, frederick douglass. sophia the mother's teaching young tommy how to read. he asked sophia, the mistress, can she teach him? she said, of course. she had no it's. being a slave owner or master or what that entailed. she taught him along with tommy his abc's, and small words, and he made remarkable progress. after a couple of weeks she shared with her husband what she was doing and he expl

in this program, the first autobiography of frederick douglass. 1845, the narrative of the life of frederick douglass details his early life as a slave on a maryland plantation, his learning to read and working in baltimore, and eventual escape from slavery to the north as a young adult. one of several memoirs he wrote, this narrative was an anti-slavery treatise, bestseller and further the cause of abolition. for many readers outside the south, this book may have been their first introduction to the realities of slavery. throughout his life, frederick douglass worked toward ending slavery as a writer, orator and statesman and the power of his presence was captured in a newly minted medium. he was one of the most photographed individuals of the century. >> books throughout our history have influenced who we are today. in partnership with the library of congress, this series explores different eras, topics and viewpoints. we are glad you are joining us for this walk-through history. far we have looked at the foundations of america through the eyes

frederick douglass lived in a number of homes here. his second home was here.area called the hook just out into the baltimore harbor. to put this in perspective, frederick douglass is now taking care of young tonya ohls. sophia, the mother, his teaching young tonya to read. he asks sophia, can she teach him? she says of course. she had no experience being a slaveowner or a slave master. or what that entailed. she happily taught him abc's. some small words. he made remarkable progress. after a couple of weeks she shared with her husband what she was doing. he exploded. he said if you teach a n-word how to read you will ruin him forever as a slave. frederick douglass later wrote in his autobiography that this was the first antislavery lecture he experienced. it gave him the motivation to learn. he realized information is knowledge. in order to facilitate his self learning, frederick used the resources he had at hand. because of his place in the house, he had access to food, biscuits, warm bread. in that situation he was better off than some of the white immigrant

in order to facilitate his self learning frederick douglass used the resources he had at hand. one was because of his place in the house and his loft near the kitchen he had access to food, biscuits, and warm bread. in that situation he was better off than some of the white immigrant boys that were his neighbors. he was able to barter bread for lessons from his white playmates. >> weeknights at 9:00 eastern c-span's encore presentation of our 10 part series of books that shaped america. c-span partnered with the library of congress it's going key pieces of literature that have had a profound impact on our country. tonight we feature narratives of the life of frederick douglass written in 1845 describing his childhood on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north breeze our guest is historian and author edna greene medford. watched c-span's encore presentation of books that shaped america weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c-span. or go to c-span.org/bookstha tshapedamerica to view the series and learn more about each book featured. c-span is

frederick douglass says. septber 1861 newspaper article cast off the millstone and i think he gives us some great insights into how abolitnists made that argument that the union war effort really needed to bome a war against slavery. so based on your reading of that article, what wod you say? how how does douglass assess the union war goals? what does he think union war goals are in 1861? how effective are any effective does he think they might be. sort of douglass versus us is that the union's goals are kind of like half measures, like just reunify the union without abolition would just result in another war. who knows how far down the road. and the analogy of the millstone is that as long as slavery exists anywhere in the union, it's as if you're dangling a heavy burden off of the union's neck. and until that's gone away, the problem will never truly be solved. yeah, yeah. nicely said. i think that captures it really well. he's talking about, you know, quite rightly talking about the union walk. all is clea

of course, verdict list had such a rich history -- frederick douglass had such a rich history.merica is catching up to his legacy in d.c., you have his home in anacostia run by the national park service. a really great site to to work. scholars have kicked in, may i other separate and authoritatively about douglas and they find interesting his relationship to lincoln. that narrative reads so powerfully today but it gets you into the belly of the beast of slavery. harriet tubman -- harriet beecher stowe's book uncle tom's cabinet was important but it does not read the same way that douglas'narrative does. the description of what it was like being enslaved. getting to be free. to be emancipated. it is a remarkable book. >> it is his quote that it is used quite often after he describes the fact that he knew that this reading and what is in these books has to be imported because he was forbidden. -- important because he was forbidden. he was told not to read and once you learn to read you will be forever free. >> books are the windows to the world. library of congress, we are at th

host: host: frederick douglass said emancipation proclamation, great job, you were slow to get there, great job. it is great you are enlisting black soldiers in the army and douglass himself was recruiting black men. he said, you are failing to provide equal treatment. and equal pay for those black soldiers. why is that? he forced lincoln to have that discussion, which lincoln turned out to be willing to have. there are these remarkable exchanges to me, some of which i had heard nothing about and some of which i had read a little about. in some longer biography. when i explored each individual meeting in every case, i learned something large or small. i felt i overall got a better idea of how lincoln operated and why we remember him today. host: it is interesting. we often remember lincoln for his speeches, the very famous ones, the gettysburg address, the second inaugural. you focus on the book on his personal skills and these private conversations and interactions with people. what is different about those two dynamics? guest:one thing is what lincoln avoided saying. he would also b

host: host: frederick douglass said emancipation proclamation, great job, you were slow to get there, job. it is great you are enlisting black soldiers in the army and douglass himself was recruiting black men. he said, you are failing to provide equal treatment. and equal pay for those black soldiers. why is that? he forced lincoln to have that discussion, which lincoln turned out to be willing to have. there are these remarkable exchanges to me, some of which i had heard nothing about and some of which i had read a little about. in some longer biography. when i explored each individual meeting in every case, i learned something large or small. i felt i overall got a better idea of how lincoln operated and why we remember him today. host: it is interesting. we often remember lincoln for his speeches, the very famous ones, the gettysburg address, the second inaugural. you focus on the book on his personal skills and these private conversations and interactions with people. what is different about those two dynamics? guest:one thing is what lincoln avoided saying. he would also be care

why didn't lincoln or congress just decided in 1861, okay, frederick douglass is right, we do need to turn this into a war against slavery if we are going to win it, this is what we want, anyway. lincoln is antislavery, the republicans hold the majority in congress, they are antislavery in different kinds of ways. so, the question is, why didn't they do that in 1861? what do you think? riley? >> i think everyone there -- especially in the union -- they really weren't wanting to make this a war about emancipation. they were wanting to go more along the lines of what lincoln's vision was, and to preserve the union. if they had gone to war specifically to end slavery at that time, there might not have been as -- i guess you could say the word is passion, like patriotism and willingness of the soldiers to fight. >> yes. >> so, lincoln sets the tone from the top, and you are right, his inaugural address from 1861 in march where he says, you know, this isn't a war that is going to end slavery. i don't think the president has the authority to actually do that. so, he sets the tone from the t

thursday night will feature the narrative of the life of frederick douglass written in 1945, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland and the escape north. watch c-span's encore presentation of books that shaped america weeknights at 9:00 p.m. eastern as to -- on c-span or go to c-span.org/books that shaped america and learn more about each feature. up next, president biden tells his administration's policies and investments in minority owned small businesses. the event taking place at the wisconsin black chamber of commerce is about 20 minutes. we [hail to the chief] ♪ >> hello, hello, milwaukee. [applause] >> it's great to be back. the press has heard me say this -- my dad and expression, have a seat, take one and i understand if you don't. my dad used to have the expression, he said joey, a job is about more than a paycheck3. it's about your dignity it's about respect of being able to look someone in the eye and saying it's going to be ok. that's what it's all about. that's what we all want to do. rashan thank you for that introduction and thank you for doing w

the program recognizes the principle of frederick douglass. it's easier to build a child than to repair a man. the role models -- nor any other of my brothers right there. we want prevention, not detention. it will interrupt the school to prison pipeline and provide success. many of us don't have available role models at home. we need men who stepped up over the decades to guide us from childhood to manhood. in most cases that means a college education for men who never achieved -- never dreamed that it was for us. those who stand before you in the nation's capital are members of the class of 2024. i in a senior at the senior high school. the group here has benefited from the expansion of the miami-dade of public schools to duvall county public schools in jacksonville, florida. as the program expands, we are recipients that through mentoring, minority boys can graduate high school, go to trade school or the military. in general, be good citizens. it is prevention and mentoring that can have the greatest impact in the ongoing crisis in the live

child's letter to frederick douglass asking. permission to use his story in the freedman's book does not survive. but his reply to her suggests a question she apparently raised. child, it seems, had read somewhere that douglass had reconciled with his former enslaver thomas auld. was this true? no. douglass replied it was not. the story of an interview between us is newspaper story for which i in no way responsible, he wrote. any such meeting could fail to be awkward. he continued, but then douglass seemed to reconsider. still, i should be glad to see him, especially if i could do so simply by meeting him halfway wrote. then again, not. i do not. he continued. fancy making a journey to see a man who gave me so many reasons for wishing the greatest distance us. yet again, he reconsidered. i learned from my sister. still lives near me, master thomas, that he says he would be glad to see me. he wrote. then came an extraordinary promise he has, but to say so me by letter and his age and forgetting his past, i will make him a visit.

frederick douglass lived in a number of homes here. to put this in perspective, frederick douglass is now taking care of young -- the mother is teaching young tommy how to read. he asks the mattress if she can teach him and she said of course. she had no experience of being a slave owner or a slave master or what that entailed. so she escorted him along with tommy his abcs and some small words. and he made remarkable progress. after a couple weeks she shared with her husband what she was doing. and he exploded. he said if you teach an n-word how to read, you will ruin him forever as a slave. frederick douglass later wrote in his autobiography that this was the first anti-slavery lecture he experienced. and it gave him the motivation to learn and he realized that information is knowledge. so in order to facilitate his self learning, frederick then used the resource he had at hand. one of those was that because of his place in the house and his loft near the kitchen he had access to food, biscuits, and warm bread. and in that situation h

we believed what frederick douglass made freedom, equality that human beings have rights that the purpose of government is to protect rights. if we go back to some of those core continuation i think there's a possibility of not a kind of kumbaya, we are too big and won't agree on a lot of policy things but we have to find a way to manage dose agreement. that is what the constitution allows us to do. host: ready to talk to callers? guest: love to. host: sy is first independent line houston, texas. caller: thank you so much for having shows like this,phobe else will do it about special days that we don't even -- i wouldn't have realized it was today. i want to pick up where you left off. originally there were 12 amendments to the bill of rights. our first amendment was originally the third amendment and the first, first amendment was to be called article the first and that's way want to get to. but the second one is the latest amendment to be added or 27th about increasing pay for congress. the original article, the first was appropriation of congressmen and i wish you could pull up the tex

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tonight we feature narratives of the life of frederick douglass written in 1845 describing his childhood on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north breeze our guest is historian and author edna greene medford. watched c-span's encore presentation of books that shaped america weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c-span. or go to c-span.org/bookstha tshapedamerica to view the series and learn more about each book featured. c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> do you think this is just a community center? it's more than that. comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi so students from low income families can get the tools to be ready for everything. coast supports c-span as a public svice along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> in partnership with the library of congress, c-span brings you books that shaped america, our series exploring key works of literature that have had a profound impact on the country.

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frederick douglass on the other hand, argued that the constitution was an antislavery document because of among other things, the words even slavery could nowhere be found in it. furthermore, the constitution's language, we the people, not we the white people. not even we the citizens, not we the privileged class, the high or low, but we the people. not the horses, sheep, swine and wheelbarrows, but we the people. the human inhabitants and if are people, they are included in the benefits for which the nd constitution of america was ordained and established. lincoln cited with douglas. maybe the word slave nor slavery is to be found in the constitution, nor the word property even. any connection with language alluding to slave or slavery and that whatever that instrument a slave is alluded to, his father person and wherever the legal right is alluded to, it is spoken of as service or labor. would be open to show by contemporary news history that this motive alluded to slaves and slavery instead of speaking of them on purpose to exclude from the constitution the idea that there could be

frederick douglass, on the other hand, argued that the constitution was an anti-slavery document because other among other things, the word slave and slavery could nowhere be in it. furthermore, the constitution's language as we the people, not we the white people, not even we the citizens, not we, the privileged class, not we the high, not we the low but we the people, not we the horses and swine and wheelbarrows, but we the people, we the human inhabitants. and if -- are people, they are included in the benefits for which the constitution of america was ordained and established. lincoln sided with douglass. neither the word slave nor slavery is to be found in the constitution, nor the word property. even in any connection with language, alluding the things slave or slavery and that whatever in that instrument the slave as alluded to, he is a person and wherever his legal right in relation to him as alluded to it, is spoken of as service or labor, which may be do as a debt payable service or labor. also it would be open to show by contemporain his history that this mode of alluding to s

. >> lawrence, if you do me a favor, could you ask professor blight what he thinks frederick douglass would make of what nikki haley said. have you ever read your monster biography, it's epic. >> all right, there you go, there's question one for professor blight right there. it was not on my list. thank you for that one. i need that one. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thanks jonathan. it turns out the most difficult question asking republican presidential primary campaign did not come from a member of the campaign press corps. the question did not come from the many debate moderators who each spent weeks thinking of questions for the debates and taking questions by debate teams. none of those people have asked a single question any of us can remember tonight. but last night geist it up and into a campaign event in new hampshire now is the most important question of the campaign so far. it was also the easiest question of the campaign so far. it was a question that would never be around allowed on the sats because it's just too easy. but that question penetrated the bubble that protects the r

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host: host: frederick douglass said emancipation proclamation, great job, you were slow to get there,b. it is great you are enlisting black soldiers in the army and douglass himself was recruiting black men. he said, you are failing to provide equal treatment. and equal pay for those black soldiers. why is that? he forced lincoln to have that discussion, which lincoln turned out to be willing to have. there are these remarkable exchanges to me, some of which i had heard nothing about and some of which i had read a little about. in some longer biography. when i explored each individual meeting in every case, i learned something large or small. i felt i overall got a better idea of how lincoln operated and why we remember him today. host: it is interesting. we often remember lincoln for his speeches, the very famous ones, the gettysburg address, the second inaugural. you focus on the book on his personal skills and these private conversations and interactions with people. what is different about those two dynamics? guest:one thing is what lincoln avoided saying. he would also be careful

thursday night, we will feature "narrative of the life of frederick douglass." written in 1845, it describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north. our guest is a historian and author. watch weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c-span. or go to c-span.org/booksthatshape damerica to len more about each book featured. >> up next, members of the caucus to convention committee for iowa's boone county gop discuss the first in the nation presidential caucus. the conversation centered on the difference between a caucus and a primary. the community meeting was held ahead of the 2024 iowa caucuses scheduled for january 15. >> okay, this is our monthly conservative conversations. the first thing that we do is have the pledge of allegiance. and if we want to stand up and do this. we will have gary nystrom lead us. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> we could go aroun

he served on and chaired the awards committee of the frederick douglass book prize. given by the gilder lehrman center for the study of slavery, resistance and abolition at yale university. he's a member, the advisory council of scholars for the u.s. capital historical society. his articles, book reviews, op eds appear regularly in national magazine and in newspapers from the new york times, wall street journal to the l.a. times. in earlier years, as a journalist he reported extensively politics, economic issues and culture from asia, the middle east, europe and africa, and worked for a time even at the united nations. he's a genuine new yorker who did his undergraduate and graduate degrees at city college of new york, a columbia university, and he has lived and worked actually all around world. he and his wife, jean, currently reside on capitol hill in washington, d.c. mrs. bordewich is a playwright, an adviser to national and international philanthropies on democratic governments. she's with us today. and you also meet and visit with her at that signing tent after

he served on and chaired the awards committee of the frederick douglass book prize. given by the gilder lehrman center for the study of slavery, resistance and abolition at yale university. he's a member, the advisory council of scholars for the u.s. capital historical society. his articles, book reviews, op eds appear regularly in national magazine and in newspapers from the new york times, wall street journal to the l.a. times. in earlier years, as a journalist he reported extensively politics, economic issues and culture from asia, the middle east, europe and africa, and worked for a time even at the united nations. he's a genuine new yorker who did his undergraduate and graduate degrees at city college of new york, a columbia university, and he has lived and worked actually all around world. he and his wife, jean, currently reside on capitol hill in washington, d.c. mrs. bordewich is a playwright, an adviser to national and international philanthropies on democratic governments. she's with us today. and you also meet and visit with her at that signing tent after

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frederick douglass famously said if there is no struggle, there is no progress.se who favor freedom and men who want crops without allowing the ground. during the obama term in the white house, which particular struggles did you see the first lady regard as necessary to take on? >> some struggled in terms of what we say. there werean a lot. the question of what did the first lady and our team view as necessary struggles shaped by something that was the guiding principle for our work that was articulated and from the very beginning she said only one person elected. and everything we do on our side of the house needs to be in the service and if not, then we've got to ask ourselves the question of why are we doing this. and so what we did and the initiative we did and how she spent her time when she went out was very much shaped by the agenda and not doing what was goingyo on. that framing of the struggles which the two of them are so instrumental and it was something necessary to illuminate. i helped her put together a moment to highlight and make sure she could be

frederick douglass said a man shouldn't be judged from how high he climbs but from the depths from which he came. and he resistance in excellence. mr. speaker, i thank you for this time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa, mr. nunn, for five minutes. mr. nunn: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nunn: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you to the members of congress here today. we are the forefront of america's capability to collect and protect our american intelligence. this is known as the foreign intelligence surveillance act, specifically section 702. why is 702 essential? it has saved thousands of american lives. it is the powerful tool to safeguard hundreds of millions of americans on the attacks coming from foreign agents and vicious attackers. some have rightfully asked, are we willing to sacrifice america's liberty for the sake of security? with this, i will not abide. for too long the failure to reform section 702 have led to

to sum it up, i'm going to look at frederick douglass very briefly, a man who definitely understood the power of portrait of the former slave abolitionist was one of the most photographed americans of his time, and that was on purpose. douglass below believed strongly in the power of portrait. he says it is evident that the great cheapness and universal of pictures must exert a powerful, though silent influence upon the ideas and sentiment of present and future. he believed very strongly in this power of portrait to represent a person, as a person rather than a caricature for its powerful currency. that several examples i've shown you and also to shape a nation's beliefs and efforts. it offered not only to the end individual but to the nation a legacy. the portrait as a new power here impacts the war and the aftermath of it. for the soldier, the family, the home and the nation. thank you. i'll take any questions. should i call on people or. oh, okay, sir. hi. a couple of months ago i had another another museum. they claimed that world war one was the first great use for soldiers photogr