Feature film — 2008
Frederick Douglass and the White Negro (2008)
Frederick Douglass and the White Negro is a documentary telling the story of ex-slave, abolitionist, writer and politician Frederick Douglass and his escape to Ireland from America in the 1840s. After his escape from slavery and writing his autobiography which included all the actual names of his 'owners' to prove he was telling the truth, his only option was to leave his family behind and flee the United States of America since now his life was in danger.
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Camel Productions Limited / Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland / TG4
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Director: John J. Doherty
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