Frederick Douglass prophet of freedom
"The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escape...
| Main Author: | Blight, David W. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- First things
- A childhood of extremes
- The silver trump of knowledge
- Baltimore dreams
- Now for mischief!
- Living a new life
- This Douglass!
- Garrisonian in mind and body
- The thought of writing for a book!
- Send back the money!
- Demagogue in black
- My faithful friend Julia
- By the rivers of Babylon
- My voice, my pen, or my vote
- John Brown could die for the slave
- Secession : taught by events
- The kindling spirit of his battle cry
- The anthem of the redeemed
- Men of color to arms!
- Abolition war, abolition peace
- Sacred efforts
- Othello's occupation was gone
- All the leeches that feed on you
- Ventures
- What will peace among the whites bring?
- An important and lucrative office
- Joys and sorrows at Cedar Hill
- Watchman, what of the night?
- Born traveler
- Haiti : servant between two masters
- If American conscience were only half-alive
- Epilogue: Then Douglass passed.