The Magical Root That Kept Frederick Douglass Alive
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 1 November 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Frederick Douglass couldn't take any more whippings. It was either his life or his enslavers. But a chance encounter with an old friend led him to the magical root that saved his life.
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| 0:00.0 | Frederick Douglass couldn't take any more weapons. |
| 0:05.0 | It was either his life or his enslavers, |
| 0:08.0 | but a chance encounter with an old friend |
| 0:10.0 | led him to the magical route that saved his life. |
| 0:13.0 | This is two-in-a-black history, |
| 0:15.0 | what you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:24.0 | The gaping wound on Frederick Douglass's head |
| 0:26.0 | was still fresh and soft to the touch. |
| 0:29.0 | He wailed, glancing down at the rope, |
| 0:32.0 | looping his ankle. |
| 0:33.0 | His chest slammed to the ground, |
| 0:35.0 | jolting him enough to remember |
| 0:37.0 | what was in his right pocket. |
| 0:39.0 | Douglass spent months being brutalized by Kofi |
| 0:43.0 | and enslaver temporarily renting him for the year. |
| 0:47.0 | His body was growing weak, |
| 0:49.0 | and his spirit was too. |
| 0:51.0 | The night before, |
| 0:52.0 | he ran into his friend Sandy Jenkins |
| 0:54.0 | just as he contemplated returning to the plantation |
| 0:57.0 | to be whipped or starving to death in the wilderness. |
| 1:00.0 | Douglass broke down telling Sandy |
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