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The Cambridge companion to Frederick Douglass / edited by Maurice S. Lee

Catalog Data

Author:
Lee, Maurice S  Search this
Subject:
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 Political and social views  Search this
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 Knowledge and learning  Search this
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 Influence  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 192 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
19th century
Notes:
NMAHMAI copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment.
Contents:
Douglass's self-making and the culture of abolitionism / John Stauffer -- Identity in the autobiographies / Robert S. Levine -- Douglass as orator and editor / Sarah Meer -- Crisis and faith in Douglass's work / John Ernest -- Violence, manhood, and war in Douglass / Maurice O. Wallace -- Human law and higher law / Gregg Crane -- Sentimental Douglass / Arthur Riss -- Douglass among the Romantics / Bill E. Lawson -- Douglass's Black Atlantic: Britain, Europe, Egypt / Paul Giles -- Douglass's Black Atlantic: the Caribbean / Ifeoma C.K. Nwankwo -- Douglass, ideological slavery, and postbellum racial politics / Gene Andrew Jarrett -- Born in slavery: echoes and legacies / Valerie Smith
Summary:
An engaging and informative overview of the life and works of Frederick Douglass.
Topic:
Antislavery movements--History  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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