ABSTRACT
Frederick Douglass, along with Moses Grandy, revised the intention of the black mission as that of raising anti-slavery sentiment in the British Isles. Douglass began his British exile by immediately visiting Ireland, delivering from 10-15 anti-slavery speeches in each city he visited, then extending his tour into Scotland and England. Probably Douglass did obtain greater freedom in Britain, but he was also motivated to contrast the two countries for rhetorical purposes. Douglass himself grew increasingly desperate about a solution to slavery, and he became vulnerable to immediate danger, despite the fact that he was legally free. His second trip to Britain, Douglass continued to speak out forcefully and with influence against American slavery. As a group, Black abolitionist writers in Britain were positively affected by their foreign involvement. They made converts against slavery, sold their narratives, and achieved some notoriety.
