Frederick Douglass: An American in Ireland (Part III)
The third and final installment of Sylvia Wohlfarth’s series on Frederick Douglass’s adventures in Ireland.
Half-Irish, half-Nigerian, Sylvia is a social anthropologist and English teacher in Ireland. Her creative nonfiction writing and poetry focuses on social injustice, and initiating change.
The third and final installment of Sylvia Wohlfarth’s series on Frederick Douglass’s adventures in Ireland.
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 2: The third and final installment of Sylvia Wohlfarth’s series on Frederick Douglass’s adventures in Ireland
VOLUME 3 NUMBER 42: The Sylvia Wohlfarth Issue: On her Nigerian and Irish roots, her take on America as a mixed-race woman in Europe, and her hopes for our global future
Frederick Douglass lectured on anti-slavery, temperance, women’s rights, racism, and social justice for all. He also edited and owned newspapers.
The most celebrated Black man of his era, Frederick Douglass was also the most photographed American of any race in the 19th century.
We may be oppressed, but we have power to improve the world