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Frederick IV, called the Simple, was King of Sicily from 1355 to 1377. He was the second son of Peter II of Sicily and Elisabeth of Carinthia. He succeeded his brother Louis. The documents of his era call him the "infante Frederick, ruler of the kingdom of Sicily", without any regnal number.
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politics · King of Sicily from 1355 to 1377 · royalty · politician · monarch · ruler · also Frederick III the Simple, Frederick the Simple, Frederick IV, Frederick III, King of Trinacria, Frederick III, Simple
Born 4 December 1342 · Died 27 July 1377 · Q468672
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that they fought with one hand, while they might strike more effectively with two; that they fought with the soft white hand, while they kept the black iron hand chained and helpless behind them; that they fought the effect, while they protected the cause; and said that the Union cause would never prosper until the war assumed an anti-slavery attitude and the Negro was enlisted on the side of the Union.
short of an open recognition of the Negro
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“that they fought with one hand, while they might strike more effectively with two; that they fought with the soft white hand, while they kept the black iron hand chained and helpless behind them; that they fought the effect, while they protected the cause; and said that the Union cause would never prosper until the war assumed an anti-slavery attitude and the Negro was enlisted on the side of the Union.”
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“short of an open recognition of the Negro”
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“rather bear those ills we had/than fly to others, that we knew not of.”
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“I want you to set about devising some means of making them acquainted with it, and for bringing them into our lines”
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“Frederick Douglass (1817–1895)”
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Died 1377-07-27.
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Career landmark: duke of Athens (1355–1377).
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Career landmark: Duke of Neopatras (1355–1377).
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Born 1342-12-04.
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