Despite of it all, the Negro remains like iron or granite, cool, strong, imperturbable and cheerful.

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Topic

Black Americans

Speaker

Frederick Douglass

Source

The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Black activist Abolitionist Activist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free." Twenty-first anniversary of Emancipation. 16 April 1883, Congregational Church, Washington, DC, USA.

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Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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Author

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Medium
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Language
German
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
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Citation

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Cato the Elder

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Cato the Elder

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
149 BC 140s BC 2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
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Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.