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designOEedTA to strike terror o anCGy RAotFWher would-beHD ru.
Some lost HDhope and returned toPB tS heirHD masters.Df
Others kCGilRAleFWd themsels ratherf than go back to slavery
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FredS ericick k DoDouglalassss d a a trtraiain n inin B BalA
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prDGowRAliFWng the border beftween slave and free staPBt,
S and finally boarded a feOy bound for New York C City.DA
Only 24 hours reDGmoRAveFWd from slavery,
Douglass found himOEseTAlf wandg
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FRFREDEDERERICK K DODOUGU: A frfree statatete a arorouA
anand thOEe TAfree earth under r my f feet.DGRA
Whatat a mfoment t ththisis wa.
A whole e yeyear wffasas p d inintoto a sPBininglS e .
S A nenew w woworlrld bun TAmy agitatateted d viv.
NANARRATATOROR: DouguglassDG hRARAFWad p plalane wiwithth thehe h helelp of A A,
a free bflack womanHD he had met in BaltimorPBe.S
AnHDna had sewn his sailPBorS disHDguisef
and sold her featherHDbed OEtoTA give him the money he neW
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TAby a fellow runaway.fD
Therfe was no time to rest;PB
New YoYork w wasPB cS rarag with b bountnty huOEntTAT.
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Their OEdeTAstination was New Bedford,EG MRAasFWsachu,
a whaling toPBwnS knoHDwn s an abolitionist stOEroTAnghol,
with aEG lRAarFWge population oe blacksnd runawayPB sS laves.A
Frederick and AnnaPB cS lawed tr way out OEofTA desperate povey
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For PBthS ree years, Douglass shOEovTAeled coal, cut woodf
S anand loHDaded s ***,
HeHe d didid m makake e timed anti-slavery gatheriPBngS sD
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William Lloyd GaHDrrisonOE'A ThThe e LiLibeberarato.
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PBHeS seeHDmed a match for l the OEoppoHDnents TAof emancip.
His words werePB fS ew and full of holy fOEirTAe.f
NARRATOR: When DouglasHDs hearOEd TAtt Garrisonon was goingng tFGo RAs
anf antnti-i-slslaverery y cn in NPBanantuS cketet,,D
hehe took k a a rarare fewew dPd boarardeded d a OEfeTArrrry fof.
AsAs D DououglasFGFGRAs Fd toto t the pfroroceededin,
PBPBS a frfrieiendnd f froroA
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"As I mamadePB mS y HDway y to " DoDouglassOEOETA rececal,
"I"I w was shahakiPBngS in ev"
DOUGLASSSS: MyMy mFGotRAheFWFWr r *** Harrffieiet t BaBailil.
I can't recocollllecect of er PBseS eing her b by the light o.
We were separated when IPB wS as bHDut an infa.
Myf father was a white HDman.
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but of this I GGknRAowFW noth.
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GARRISHDON: Mr. Douglass!PBETAHGRAf
I have nPBevS er seen an audiee OEsoTA captivateHDd. Of
I myseHDlf was carried aw, PBasS you.
OEf
YoOEu TAwere wonde.
TAIf you don'td my askHGiW
hofw did you fiHDrst reae that... PByoS u were a s?
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I waHGs RAraFWised by my grandm.
We lIGivRAedFW far from the slavef quarters,HDHDOED
OEanTAd so I didn't know what wIGenRAt FWon there.
But one day, when I was six years oldPB,S BSf
my grandmothfer was told toHD walk me to the workhousPBe
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She PBseS nt me over to play withOE tTAhe other children and.
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Dear LordB
TAShe loved HDme, but she had IGnoRA cFWhoice.HD
What a horriblOA horrible crime.
HDAn innocent child.
Why were you rIGaid by your grandmotfhe?
What aboutIG yRAouFWr ?
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She PBwaS s takeHDn away after I was bornOETAAFWf
OEtoTA work as a field hand JG12RA mFWiles away.PB
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they neverPB lS et me know hr enoughOE tTAo really love he.
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I HDcan't express it.fETAJGRAFW
My mother left me OEtoTAo.
I HDwas five.AFWfHDB
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I missedHD her terribly.HDf
But thJGatRA, FW.
That was nothing comparOEedTA wi.
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My dear Mr. DouglaPBss.
OJoin me.
I urge you.
YoHDu have a gi.
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You flatter me.ETAJGRAFWfHD
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I neKGveRAr FWimagined...A
You have an opportOEuny HDto strike a bw
for the slfaves who contine to suffer as we spPBeD
HDDid the fLord giveu thesHDe gis
so tOEhaTAt you could spendr liKGfeRA wFWorking in the ***?
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I see nofw why you are such an efPBfeS ctive advocate.W
OETYou'll dHDo it, th?
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GARRISON: Put on tOEheTA whole armor of G.
NAHDRRATOR: Douglass's nOEewTA lifHDe was fraught with danger.HDP
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fBy speaking out HDin public,
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could help transform thLGe RastFWruggle.OETE
GarrisonHD andnd h his follos
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of thefir financial and politicl support inPB tS he North.TD
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the men and woLGmeRAnFW who HDwould orgafnize boycott,
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Now, I wouLGldRA lFWike toHD introducef to o yoyou
a grLGadRAuaFWte from the "peculfiar institution."ETAA
He can beaHDr witnesfs to the te natuHDre of that institution.
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JAMES BREWER STEPBWAS RT: Douglass is someOEthTAing really, really specialMG.RAW
MGGARARRFWISON: Tell your stfory, Frederick.HDA
OESTTAEWART: And GaGarrrrisisonon c canW
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toto rMGeaRAllFWFWy mamae abolitffioninist cause i iB
MaFWny o of f ththe auHDdies
let PBalalonS e beHDen toto t thehe s slalaveve A
SoPB tS o have a a p peren likeOEOETA DououglassHD
gagave tffhehe a antnti-i-slse teteeteth,
itit g gave OEitit aTAutheH, itit g gavave e itit a a n W
RADoDougFWlassss t traraveve.
The HDHDcampmpaign wasas b bearD
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wiPBthS anti-HDslavaverery y.
When the House pasOEseTAd a gaHe forbidding their conMGsiRAdeFWr,
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FWwas operating
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BuPBt S for HDDouglass, that wasn't enOEouTAgh.AND
He wHDanted to effect NGchRAe direHDctly.NGRAFWfPBA
When hPBe S heard that a fellw OEruTAnaway had been capture,
he saw a chancNGe RAtoFW enlt Garrisonf and his followers.DA
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Slavery, ourPB eS nemy, has landed in OEouTAr very mid.
George Latimfer has been hunted dPBowS n like a wild bet
and imprisoned in LPBevS erett Street jail.
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only to be tNGhrRAowFWn in jaile frequest of a VirginiHDa plant.
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We need not point fto the sur fields oPBf S LouisiHDanaA
or to fthe rice swamps of Alabaa
for OGthRAe FWbloody deeHs of tfhis soul-crushing syHDste,
HDbut to the city of pilgrimsA
NARRATfOR: Garrison and the other abolitioniPBstS s took up the c.
Soon, BoOGstRAonFW was in an uf
FWFearing an assault ofn the ja, the sherPBifS f released Latim,
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For abolitPBioS nists,HD it was a stunning viOEctTAorD
but theyPB wS eren't done.f
InHD a show of strength, theP collected 65,000 sigOEnaTAtur,
boHDund d the documents togethD
and rolled tPBheS m like barrs into tOEheTA State HouHDse.
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by passing
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alalmomostst every other NortW ststate HDhad d followed suf
ThThe e pepersrsononalal libs
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Here we haPBveS proHDof posie that there is OEanTA utter disrd
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to fHDound this American repubP,
to try to keep thPBisS thiHDng running.D
LOIS BROOEWNTA: You seHDe the South risingPG tR,
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the fabolitionists were dragging thPBe S fighHDt over slavey
to the cPGenRAteFWr of natHDion.
And thatPB fS ight was startig toOE tTAear the country apar.
HDByBy the winteter r of 1,
Frfedederick Douguglalassss hn toururing PBthS S e e ananti-sHt
fofor r fourf yeaearsrs.
OEAsAs hTAe contntememplplatatG
DougOElaTATAssss c cououldld if QGtrRARAFWavelelining g r
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repepeating PBhiS s s stoy toto s smamall g gatheOErs
ofof thef c curioious anand the HDcoconvererte.
DOfUGLALASSSS:: "THDelell yoyourur s stotoryry
HDwould whisper my friend, WilliaQGm RALlFWoyd Garriso,
as we stepped upPBonS thehe p .
I QGcoRAulFWd not always obf
PBfoS r itHD did not satisfye toOE sTAimply narrate wrongs;
I felt lQGikRAe FWdenouncing .
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NANARRHDATOROR: fThatat w wininteter,,
Douguglalassss decididedOE tTAt toto a a v vasast nenew RGa.
Throwing c cauautionPBPBS to ,
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DOOEUGTALASSSS:: I was born in TuckRGahRAoeW inin T Talalbobot t CoCountyf.
PBSE
By far the largeOEr paHDrt of Ts
know as little of OEthTAeir ae HDas horses know oRGf RAthFW,
anand d it ifs the wish of mosHDt mamaststerersW
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fDUNBAR: It's an exposé about, PBofS co,
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ItHD's also an example of hw HDthe inOEstTAitution of slay
not only degrades slRGavRAes, buHDt it degradedes the fmast.
NARRATOR: PBDoS uglass listed dates, plas
One white friend readHD the dSGocRAumFWent
and advised fDouglass tHDo burn;
shshououldld D Dououglglasassr wawantnt t to o rereclclaiaim ,
he warned, there wfas nothig
DoDouglass would hfave none of D
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He called Douglassss a lSGiaW and vowed to trafck himim down
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DouglassHD fled thfe country for GreaHDt BritPBaiS n.W
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The experience HDwould OEchTAange his lif.
STAUFFER: DoOEugTAlass's time in Britan waTGs RAthFWe first time in hie
whwhere he experienced a dearHDth of OEraTAcism.
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NAPBRRS ATORHD: As Dououglglasass's'ss NaNa became a best sellerTG,RAFW
TGheRA wFWas treated by his Brh hosts not just aPBs S an equa,
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Most important of TGalRAl,W
HDfor the first time in his lif, OEDoTAuglass was free.PB
STAUFFER:OE TAHis British sympathizersrs seTGntRA TFWhomamas s AuAuldld ,
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"We'll givive OEyoTAu $8$8.
TrTry y to rOEececovTAer "
ThThe e AuldUGs RARAFWagrer.
So wOEheTATAn n DoDouguglals toto theUG URARAFWniteted ,
hef's l legegallyly f fr.
DoDougHDlassss lovoveded Ed and OEOETAIrelelanHDd and d ScSh
that he almost sOEtaTAyed tht.
The fonly reason that he dedecid PBtoS returHDn to thehe UniniE
is because he OEfeTAlt a sene of responsibilitUGy RAanFWd oblD
to his fellow blacksks.OE
a fugitiPBveS running for his E
When he leftPB LS ondoHDn to rn home in the OEspTAring of 184,
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ShortlPBy S after landing in BoA
DougOEOETAlassss j joioinedn fofor a VGVGRAspFWeaeaking tof
"IHD seeS m m to h havave e e a trHDHDansfsforOEmaTAti"
DoDouglass told hihis s olold .
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At efacach stop, GaGarrisonon w wasas r remD
thatOE hTAis protéHDgé was s coming tVGo RAecFWlips.
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as t thehe a aududiencnce e drdA
withth c chants of
And DouglassHD had a secret.f
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soHD that TAhe could launch his own anVGtiRA-sFWlavery newsf
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A few weweekeks s inintotoA
the PBreS S leHDntntless e anand d grgrueueliling cOEoA
begaHDn toto t telell l on G.
InIn C CleveHDland, , hef spopoe laHDrge e rarallllieies s inin,
standingng f foror h hous inin a cPBolold S rainH.
ThFWat eveHDnining,,
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hehe w was lPBPBS ost t inHD a e of fOEeveverTA and d delel.
S My D Deaear r WiWi,
I am goioingng to trHDy to wriu a a few PBliS nes with my own E
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NARRATOR: Douglass relelucPBtaS ntHy left G Gararririsoson n inind
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HiPBs S secretet lHDeaked t
shorortly after r hehe l lefefn onon hHDis s sicickbkbe.
GarrisOEonTA h has to learn ththatat h hisis..WG.A
this man t that HDhe m menen, and hiPBs S clclose HDfrie,
isis leaOEviTATAngng h himim, aG
FWFWAnd d DouglaHDHDssss dn tetellll him fHDHDirstst-.
He sawf h himseselflf asas r resespoHDnsibiblele e
foOEr TADoug lass's sHDu,
foOEr TADouguglalassss's', for DougXGlaRAssFW's popular.
HeHe n neveverer forPBgiS ves.
GAGARRISXGONRA:FW My Dear Wife: Is ift not strange
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In regard to hisXG pRAroFWjt for establisfhing a paper,PBA
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SuchPB cS onduct grieves me toOE tTAhe heart.BS HDf
NAHDRRATOR:
FWDouglass mHDoved
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the network of saffe houses used by slavPBesS AFWfA
flOEeeTAing north to safety.
TAThe city's vibrant
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As soon asPB hS e arrived,D
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naHDming iOEt TAafter the most potent syYGmbRAolW
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iff they knew anythinHDg abouout the route PBtoS free,
it wasYG,RA FW"Follow the North Stfar."D
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HePB w wroS te tHDHDhat t in t,
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sitting on the doorsYGteRApW
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so thaHDt he could hOEelTAp shuttle themHD to Canada.ZGa
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and no experience as eitZGherD a RAprFWinter or a businessmf.
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and looked about to giPBveS D
when a frienfd arrived from BritainPB tS o help.HW
Julia ZGGrRAifFWfiths' ediHDl fskills and business HDsavvyA
kept the North StarOE TAafloa.
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those rumors bloZGssRAomFWd into a full-blfown scandal.EA
ZGDoRAugFWlass brushHDed the ta.
FWHe was invigHDorated
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political, and evefn mimilil,
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As hfe did so, he made the acquaintPBanS ce
of a man whose[G nRAamFe
failed tanner and feOErvTAent abolitionist John Brow[Gn.RW
May I get you anytOEhiTAng , Mr. Douglass?
Thank you, no, Mfrs. HDBrown.
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I HDdo wonder, though,HB
whether speeches will[G eRAveFWr be .
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You've been at this foPBr S ye.
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I do, HDDouglass.A[GRAFf
I do.
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God has placed téGheRAseFW mos here ffor a reaso.
PBYoS u know God's thinking?OEéf
I know these mountaiPBnsS .D
From here, we can fstrike a blow against the slPBavS e maHDst.
The mofuntains are ful of natural fords
One good man couldPB hS olf a hundred soldiersA
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They come éGdoRAwnFW off te mountains,f raid the plantationB
bring off the slaves,
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ThOEe TAentire state of Virgia ]GwiRAllFW rise up against y.
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OECoTAlored pe must fight bac]W
They will never PBreS specHt themselves otherwise,OETA
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you beOEcaTAme a man when you fought ]GMrRA. FWCo.
I did, but I wOEasTA yououngng and this is very dif]GfeRAreFWn.
HDWe must follow in]G oRAurFW Savior'HDs footste;
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PBThS is is thHDe sin n right!
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whether the Constitution says thiPBs S or ,
and in the meantimeE
day after day anPBd S yearHD afte,
the sl]GavRAehFWolders ae fto do their wors.
But if we stoop to blood]GshRA, weHD're no better than tfhey a.
You can preach for all etPBerSD
an]Gd RAnog will ever fchang.
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TAHow w mamas
DAVID BLIGHT: JohníG BRAroFWwn had a very befguiling personalitHDy.PA
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His sense of moral commitmentB was vivid and overwhelOEmiT.
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ababout t asas d deeeepy asas a anyboOEdyTATA D Dououglgt
inin racaciaíGl RAeqFWFWu.
NANARRATATOROR:
RAinFW the North StarfA
as someofne who, "though a white gentPBleS maD
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with the iron off slalavever"
TADOUGLASS: Slaveholders híGavRAe FWforfed even thef right to live.PBSD
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to the sHDword tomorrow,DPf
FWwho would say that tfhey desee ananytything less thPBanS d?
NARRATOR:HD As DOEouTAglass was meeting with JohóGn RABrFWown,ED
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thatHD would transform the futPe of slavery and of OEAmTAeric.
In the spring ofóG 1RA84FW,
the Unitfed States went to war with MexPBicS o,
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as afn attempt to expand slave tePBrrS itor,
but OEthTAey were swept away
by a natPBioS nal HDtide of patriotic enthusiasOEm.TA
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of the United StPBatS es by virtualallyly 1 100%.A
ItHD almost doubles the siz.
And the big question iOEs,TA "What arHDe we going to doúG
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AnAntiti-slavery N NorPBthS el wawant i it OEtoTA b be frfree.
The e Mexican n WaWarr úGunRAshshucFWked d slav.
ItIt just tookok it ouPBt ofHD its s shehellll..D
AlAll thffosose e efforts to conontatain t thiPBs S D
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PB
would continPBueS to o thth,
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to build a true HDslave empir.
GILPTAIN: Northerners become cúGonRAviFd
thatOE STAoutherners areHD helt úGonRA mFWoving slaverHDy
to every parHDt of the country.
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NARRATORf: Through 1847 and 1PB84S 8,W
the quOEesTAtion of the new territoraGieRAs FWfesteredD
In thef answer to that quHDestn lay the countrPBy'S s deHDst.
(thunder rumPBblS ing)HDf
In tOEOETAhe s sumummer of,
FWthe e fifighght t ovovery wawas s suddenHDlyly eclcld
asas c choholelerara swePBptS s acacrorossss theOE cTAoun.
Incessant rains flaGooRAdeFWd the streHDets wite
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Harriet Beecher Stowe OEfoTAd reports of the disaGeaRAseW
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but now she was too busy raisPBinS g six young childrn
FWon very little moneyf.G
It was all she cPBouS ld dof
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HARRIET PBBES ECHER HDSTOW: Yesterday I weOEntTA dowHDntn
and found all gloomy and discPBouS raged.FWfD
A universal paPBniS c seems toe drawing OEneTAarer than ever be.
HeHeararsese d drivefrs have scarce been allowedPBS
PBtoS unharness their horseA
FuOErnTAiture carts and commn vebGhiRAclFWes are being empld
for the removal PBofS the de.
NARRATOR:
TheybG lRAivFWed f farr frfromom t the tfenememes
where the poor were beingbG dRAecFWimated.
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But at the beginning of JubGW
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JOAN D. HEbGDRRAICFWK: She caHDlled him hfer summer ch.
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ShShe e sasaidid s she ncGcGRh an efasasy titimeme w witith,
anHDd inFWdeeded i it t wawas sD shshe e wawas s abablele t to .
RASTFWOWE:
nor do one thicGngRA FWto mitigate his cruefl suffer,
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and PBthS ere HDwas nothing that anybody cHDould dOEo.A
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STOWOEE:TA AtAt lasHDt, i it t isis r
PBanS d our dear little one OEisTA gone from us.AFWD
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noOEw TAlies shrouded, pale and coldGd RAinFW the room.
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Stowe lateHDr wrote fthat PA
of such great bitterneOEssTA about the manner of his dGdeRAh
thOEatTA sheHD didn't think shed everdG bRAe FWreconciled forf
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some greatOE gTAood to other.
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NAOERRTAATOR: For Harriet BeecheeGr RAStFW,
the wound of Charley'sOE dTh would never heal;eGDPB
rather, she came tHDo undeOErsd
the pain of OEmoTAthers HDshe would never kneGowRAW
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when herPB cS hild is torn away froOEm TAher.f
HEDRICK:f She was really fueled byPB tS he gHDrief for her b,
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The writing fof Uncle Tom's Cabn PB S would be Harriet's wayE
of makinOEg TAher baby's short e meaneG sRAomFWething.HD
NARRATOR: In thefG sRAprFWing of 1HD,
ththe quOEesTAtionon of the ters fGseRAizFWed in the Mexican r
finally exploded in thPBe S graD crisis in ththe e nanatition'sO.
CalifoOErnTAia w wanteted d totd fGtoRA tFWhe Union as HDa free.
If that happenedPB, S the baHDe of power in WaOEshTAingtHDn
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FWand talked openly off secessi.
Representatives PBbrS andished revolvers f
in tPBheS halls of Congress,
and the HDnation conftemplated e immiHDnent collapse of the UniP.
For Garrison anfGd RAmaFWny other abolition,
it seemed thPBatS the Slave Pr
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But in the fall of 1850,PBS
the cofuntry stepped back from the bPBriS nkETAHD
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as "HDThe Great CompromiseE
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Southerners were grantPBedS HDthe prospect OETAgGD
of somedfay forming slave states in UtaPBh S and HDNew Mexic.
But ffor NorthernHDers,AgD
was the FugGgiRAtiFWve Slave .
The law stipulPBatS ed that any citizen,OE NTAorthth o or,
coulOEd TAbe rounded up and fod gGtoRA cFWatch a suspected run.
STAUFFHDER: The FugitigGveRA SFWlave LawHD0
TAvirtually legitimates
S It mHDeans that a Southernn
and sasay,gG "RAYoFWFWu'u'rer"
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any white can OEbe dHDeputizd at any moment, day or gGniRAg,
and is requirePBd S to help roup a suOEspTAected fugitive slav.
TANARRATOR::
hGabRAolFWitioioninists HDwere.
20PB yS ears of ststruruggggleld nonot t ememanancicipatn
but HDa millOEioTAn more slas
and the political l agreOEet toto p prereseservrve e ththen
in the United StHDates fPBorS .
HDThe peOEtiTAtions, the campa, thhGe RAraFWllies, the marchf
PBthS e mobs, HDthe beating,
all of the sacrifiPBceS s had been suddenly OEdeTAalt ay
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fwho had almost torn the nation apart.PBS HDD
OEThTAe New York Globe urgeG
that "No pubPBliS c buHDildi, not even the strOEeeTAts,FD
must be desecrated by PBsuS h a gathering of traOEitTAors."
It bHDecame dangerous once aga to speak out againstOE sTAlave.
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sosoulul o of f ththe.
What the c couPBntS ry j jusu,
from the heaeartrt of theiG gRAovFWernmnmen,
is that slslavaverery y is fi.
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PBarS guably more than anythiA that had ever happened biGefRA.
TANARRATOR:HD
that hHDe needed
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your prayejGrsRA aFWnd hymD are fraud, decepftion,FWfPA
impiety and hypocrisOEy,TAD
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ununmomocrcrataticic.
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