On this episode of Our American Stories, Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland, where even learning to read was considered an act of defiance. As a young boy, he secretly pieced together an education from spelling books, discarded newspapers, and lessons exchanged with white children on the streets of Baltimore. The more he read, the more he understood the cruelty of the system that held him captive. His growing Christian faith strengthened his conviction that slavery was wrong, and a brutal confrontation with the notorious slave breaker Edward Covey awakened in him a determination never again to submit without a fight.
Actor Kyle Taylor brings Frederick Douglass's extraordinary story to life through the abolitionist's own words in a performance drawn from No Turning Back. We'd like to thank the folks at Vision Video for allowing us access to this audio.
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