Frederick Douglass, who died Feb 20 1895, spent his first 20 years in bondage. His masters professed Christianity but he believed this was blasphemy: “Between the Christianity of the land and the Christianity of Christ I recognize the widest possible difference.”
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In 1838 he stole himself away to freedom and went on to become one of the most effective orators and activists in the abolitionist cause. In addition to denouncing the sham of the nation’s professions of liberty he condemned churches that tolerated a system of barbarous cruelty.
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Rather than a religion “for oppressors, tyrants, man-stealers and thugs,” he loved “that religion which sends its votaries to bind up the wounds of those who have fallen among thieves.”
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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