Miscellaneous
In 1845, a young and charismatic African-American abolitionist sailed from America to Ireland for a four-month lecture tour. Frederick Douglass had been born into slavery but escaped bondage on a plantation in Maryland by fleeing to the North, where he became a prominent anti-slavery activist.Paul Oakley Stovall and Nikhil Saboo, Broadway Hamilton actors and US artivists join Quercus scholars Alana Daly Mulligan and Nyala Thompson Grunwald to discuss the legacy of Frederick Douglass, Ireland's inaugural #DouglassWeek and a forthcoming production on man once termed ‘The greatest American of the nineteenth century.’Also featured in this episode is a collaboration with UCC Music Department students, the spiritual 'Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child'.douglassincork.com for more information on Douglass Week.