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After reading: Reginald Horseman’s Race & Manifest Destiny; Thomas RR Cobb’s What is Slavery; Alexander Stephen’s Cornerstone Speech (Links to an external site) and Frederick Douglass’ Hypocrisy of American Slavery, Compare and Contrast Cobb & Stephens’ speeches with that of Frederick Douglass then write a college-level research essay. (Horsman’s work should be read as background to the racial ideas in America)
Answer the following question: Who was Thomas Cobb, Alexander Stephens and Frederick Douglass? And did Douglass’ presence in America refute the arguments made by Cobb & Stephens?