{"id":2292,"date":"2026-01-04T07:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/particip-action.com\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2026-01-04T07:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:14:33","slug":"from-the-black-badge-of-bondage-to-intellectual-and-cultural-reclamation-identity-formation-in-the-life-and-times-of-frederick-douglass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/particip-action.com\/?p=2292","title":{"rendered":"FROM THE \u201cBLACK BADGE OF BONDAGE\u201d TO INTELLECTUAL AND  CULTURAL RECLAMATION: IDENTITY FORMATION IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">This paper traces Frederick Douglass\u2019s journey from enslavement to intellectual and cultural emancipation as portrayed in The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. It examines how Douglass transformed the \u201cblack badge of bondage\u201d into a platform for reclaiming identity and selfhood. Through legal, cultural, and semiotic analysis, the study explores how he was inscribed with the identity of \u201cslave\u201d and how he resisted that label. Drawing on psychoanalytic and semiotic theories, it highlights Douglass\u2019s use of literacy, rhetoric, and self-narration as tools of resistance. The paper underscores the dialectic between being defined and self-definition. Douglass&rsquo;s life becomes a testament to the power of re-signification and human dignity. Through acts of self-assertion and intellectual rebellion, Douglass reclaims his voice and humanity. Ultimately, the study affirms Douglass\u2019s journey as emblematic of the broader struggle for Black liberation and identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">Keywords: enslavement, blackness, making, unmaking, liberation<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>R\u00e9sum\u00e9<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">Cet article retrace le parcours de Frederick Douglass, de l\u2019esclavage \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9mancipation intellectuelle et culturelle, tel que pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Il montre comment Douglass transforme \u00ab la couleur noire synonyme de servitude \u00bb en un levier de r\u00e9appropriation de son identit\u00e9. \u00c0 travers une analyse juridique, culturelle et s\u00e9miotique, l\u2019\u00e9tude explore comment il a \u00e9t\u00e9 assign\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019identit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00ab esclave \u00bb et comment il a r\u00e9sist\u00e9 \u00e0 cette \u00e9tiquette. En s\u2019appuyant sur les th\u00e9ories psychanalytiques et s\u00e9miotiques, elle met en lumi\u00e8re l\u2019usage que fait Douglass de la lecture, de la rh\u00e9torique et de l\u2019auto-narration comme moyens de r\u00e9sistance. L\u2019article insiste sur la dialectique entre identit\u00e9 impos\u00e9e et autod\u00e9finition. La vie de Douglass devient un t\u00e9moignage du pouvoir de la re-signification et de la dignit\u00e9 humaine. Par ses actes d\u2019affirmation et de r\u00e9bellion intellectuelle, Douglass retrouve sa voix et son humanit\u00e9, incarnant la lutte pour la lib\u00e9ration noire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">Mots-cl\u00e9s : esclavage, n\u00e9gritude, construction, d\u00e9construction, lib\u00e9ration.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract This paper traces Frederick Douglass\u2019s journey from enslavement to intellectual and cultural emancipation as portrayed in The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. It examines how Douglass transformed the \u201cblack badge of bondage\u201d into a platform for reclaiming identity and selfhood. 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