Essay on Tommy Douglas

During the nineteenth century, slavery widely accepted in the United States. Although the freedoms of “all men” were supposedly given in America by the Declaration of Independence, these rights did not expand to blacks who were free or under the confines of slavery. At the time, it was illegal for colored people to learn to read and for anyone to teach them. Because of this, very few people who were enslaved could read or write. Fredrick Douglas, who was born a slave around the year 1818, is the author of one of the only books of the time written by a black man, especially by a former slave. The book titled A Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas, an American Slave, Written by Himself was

Shortly after, he moved to Weyburn, Saskatchewan. At that time he witnessed all the suffering the people in the province were facing due to the great depression. Tommy Douglas felt something had needed to be done, and so he decided that politics was the way. 1933, Tommy Douglas had joined the Cooperative Commonwealth Foundation (CCF), a socialist political party in Canada. Which later became the New Democratic Party (NDP). During the 1934 Saskatchewan elections, he was unsuccessful, but he did not give up. At the 1935 federal election, he ran as a member of the CCF. This time he was successful. During his time in Parliament, he spent much of the time advocating for civil liberties and such that others did not agree with. Tommy Douglas built a reputation as a witty debater. In 1944, Tommy Douglas decided to resign from the Parliament and run for the Saskatchewan general election. He spent the next 17 years as premier. His most notable achievement as premier, was the establishment of a government funded medical care plan. 1961, Douglas resigned as premier to lead the NDP. Lots were accomplished in his lifespan, but he did not live forever. Tommy Douglas passed away in 1986 due to

     In the next ten years of his life he made a lot of progress in his political career. In 1889 president Benjamin Harrison gave him the title of ³ Civil Service Commissioner.² In 1895 he resigned that job. He then became the president of new York City¹s ³ Board of Police Commissioners.² After two years of that he went back to Washington, this time as an assistant secretary of the navy. This political experience

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography written by Frederick Douglass himself. No one knows the hardships and difficult times that Frederick Douglass went through as a slave, better than himself. That is why Frederick Douglass is considered to be, in my opinion, is the most reliable author when it comes to telling the story of his life as a slave.

Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas or otherwise known as “The Father of Medicare” could be one of the most influential Canadian of all time. Even though he never became a Prime Minister, his legacy had significantly improved the lives of many Canadians. Born on 20 October 1904 in Falkirk, Scotland, Douglas immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of six. He attended Brandon University to become an ordained minister (Historica Canada).

Minister of all time, but the greatest Canadian to ever live. I believe this statement to be true due

Tommy Douglas is truly a Canadian symbol who helped define what it means to be Canadian; he thought of what was best for the people that were not as privileged as he was after becoming successful and saw himself as equal, rather than superior to the citizens living their lives around him. As a Baptist Minister Tommy would donate and raise money for citizens struggling with affording treatment. It should be noted that it is quite obvious that Mr Douglas was an intelligent man with a goal set to pave a path for equality in every sense of the word, there were instances that he learned about equality. His controversial essay on the topic of eugenics and his endorsement of it changed dramatically as he went on to include those with disabilities

The Liberal party was successful in the past due to its ability to reinvent itself in order to meet the changing circumstances and needs. The ‘proactive’ Liberal was strangely absent in the pre-2011 election campaign and turned themselves into a reactive and passive entity just to defend and respond to the opposition’s unscrupulous campaign of personal attacks and vilification. Liberals were always based firm on their political values and philosophy; however, these vital elements of the party were not seen to being used during the campaign for 2011 election as much as it was seen being caught in the mud-tossing against the Harper Government.

From humble beginnings, migrating to Winnipeg from Scotland with his family in 1919, Thomas Clement Douglas rose to become one of Canada’s most revered politicians. Initially as a Baptist Minister in Weyburn, Saskatchewan seeing the sick and the old suffer greatly under capitalism, particularly during the Great Depression, Douglas wanted to do more for them than he felt he could as a pastor.

Prompt: Douglass maintains that slavery dehumanized both the slave and the slaveholder. Quoting specific passages in the Narrative support this thesis with examples.

In both situations they had similar persuasive parts of the narratives. In both stories it convinced the readers of the hard fought times all slaves had to go through. For Frederick Douglas he showed how his master attacked him at such a young age. Since, Douglas mentioned the master attacking him, it catches the reader's attention that what was happening was very wrong. For Harriet Jacobs she tells us how it was hard for her to leave her family, but it was her only choice to escape to freedom. This teaches the reader that slavery was so awful, that it was necessary to leave her own family to stay alive. Ethos was used a lot in both stories. It was shown by both Frederick and Harriet explaining how difficult it was for them to stay alive.

During the 1800s, slaves received treatment comparable to that of livestock. They were mere possessions of white men stripped of almost every last bit of humanity in them. African-Americans were constricted to this state of mind by their owners vicious treatment, but also the practice of keeping them uneducated. Keeping the slaves illiterate hindered them from understanding the world around them. Slave owners knew this. The slaves who were able to read and write always rebelled more against their masters. Frederick Douglass, author of "A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," and Harriet Jacobs, author of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," were prime examples. Both slaves had been taught how read and write at a young

Although a lot of people thought that Tom Robinson was guilty of raping Mayella, there was substantial evidence that shows that he clearly was not guilty of the crime he was accused of. Tom Robinson was accused wrongly of a crime he didn't commit solely because he was a black man. Tom being black in the 1930’s meant that no matter what he said or what evidence proved, he still would be accused of the crime he didn't commit because of his race.

This was the first significant change to the political system to do with voting. The great reform act achieved two main things—it extended the criteria so that more men could vote and in an attempt to make the system fairer, it got rid of some of the differences of the voting system that existed from region to region. The effects of this act were very limited as it only achieved a small amount, but did make some impact in the people’s lives. Even after the reform act only a tiny percentage of British men could vote in elections. Also, certain areas of the British Isles, such as southern England, could elect more MPs and were far better represented as a region under the new voting system than others, such as Scotland or the new industrial towns in the north of England. These points that weren’t achieved would have had a lot of impact on the lives of people in Britain but as the only changes the reform act had were more men could vote and regional differences were absolved. This shows that it made a difference to their lives but it wouldn’t have been of much importance to them as it made very little

In the autobiography Frederick Douglass presents a clear picture to me of a horrifying period of American history that far too few people understand. Douglass’s personal narrative as a slave lets you feel the fear of his past and allows us to experience the suffering and pain inflicted by underserved beatings and an unhealthy lifestyle with too much physical exertion. Douglass expresses very personal feelings about his history and helps us to understand the intense hatred and disgust the American slave had for his possessor, and the sickness of hate that allowed human beings to keep other human being as slaves.