From Garrisonian Purist to Prudent Patriot: Frederick Douglass’ Shift on the U.S. Constitution

• In Event: Liberalism, Fraternity, and Nationalism in the History of Ideas

Brief Overview

This paper will describe the nature of Frederick Douglass' change of opinion on the U.S. Constitution. This will require examinations of his views while he was a Garrisonian and his post-1851 antislavery reading of the document.

Author

• Joey M Barretta, Hillsdale College