"Taking the Pledge" with Frederick Douglass in Cork, Ireland
Carlisle's Chesapeake
English - January 21, 2021 15:26 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHistory Society & Culture abolitionists anthropology columbian orator anti-slavery baltimore carlisles chesapeake emancipation william lloyd garrison frederick douglass griot Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Ann Coughlin describes Frederick Douglass' visit to Cork, Ireland, her hometown. He stayed with the Jennings family whose daughter, Isabel was the secretary of the Cork Anti-Slavery Society. The Quakers and Methodists were among the first to fight for the abolition of slavery. Father Leopold Mathew at that time led a temperance movement in Ireland which influenced Douglass greatly.