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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY BROWN, JOHNSON, EACHUS, PAYTON, THOMAS, DeWEESE, PARKER, COHEN, KORTZ, YOUNGBLOOD, SANTARSIERO, WATERS, KIRKLAND, DRUCKER, WHEATLEY, MAHER, MILLARD, RAPP, BARRAR, QUINN, LONGIETTI, McCALL, SCAVELLO, GINGRICH, SIPTROTH, GRUCELA, BOYLE, McGEEHAN, DePASQUALE, MELIO, FRANKEL, FABRIZIO, PAYNE AND REICHLEY, MARCH 5, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 5, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Honoring Frederick Douglass for his leadership, courage, |
2 | determination and vision and for his legacy of advancing and |
3 | protecting human rights. |
4 | WHEREAS, Frederick Douglass, whose full name was Frederick |
5 | Augustus Washington Bailey, was born a slave in 1818 on Holmes |
6 | Hill Farm in Talbot County, Maryland; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in 1838 and |
8 | worked tirelessly to help other slaves flee north through the |
9 | underground railroad; and |
10 | WHEREAS, A lecturer and author of one of the most important |
11 | autobiographies of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass earned |
12 | recognition for his uncompromising record as an abolitionist and |
13 | his defense of women's rights; and |
14 | WHEREAS, As a trusted advisor to President Abraham Lincoln, |
15 | Frederick Douglass urged support for the Civil War and persuaded |
16 | the President to make emancipation a principal cause; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Frederick Douglass recruited soldiers for the first |
2 | Army regiment of African-American soldiers, the 54th |
3 | Massachusetts Infantry; and |
4 | WHEREAS, In 1872 the Equal Rights Party nominated Frederick |
5 | Douglass as the first African-American candidate for vice |
6 | president; and |
7 | WHEREAS, In 1874 Frederick Douglass was named president of |
8 | the congressionally chartered Freedman's Bank; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Frederick Douglass further served our nation as |
10 | United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, United |
11 | States Minister to Haiti and Dominican diplomatic |
12 | representative; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Frederick Douglass, who died February 20, 1895, |
14 | earned wide recognition for escaping and dismantling the slave |
15 | system and envisioning full citizenship and constitutional |
16 | rights for all Americans; therefore be it |
17 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Frederick |
18 | Douglass for his legacy of advancing and protecting human |
19 | rights. |
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