Frederick Douglass and Irish Home Rule
Born a slave, Frederick Douglass died as a champion of human rights, and Ireland played an important role in his political awakening.
Source: irishamerica.com
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Born a slave, Frederick Douglass died as a champion of human rights, and Ireland played an important role in his political awakening.
From the late eighteenth century, the small island of Ireland played a major role in both the movement to end the slave trade and the movement to end enslavement wherever it existed.
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