Mary Grabar, PhD

Mary Grabar, PhD

The 1619 Project: Stripping Away Manhood

2021-04-23T18:27:29-05:00April 30, 2021|

The great abolitionist Frederick Douglass began his career as a speaker on the abolition circuit by relating his experiences as a slave, sometimes revealing to shocked audiences his whip-scarred back. A large photograph of such a back of a slave is featured in The 1619 Project, a special [...]