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The Historian's Narrative of Frederick Douglass -

The Historian's Narrative of Frederick Douglass

Reading Douglass's Autobiography as Social and Cultural History

Robert Felgar (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
168 Seiten
2017
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4408-4309-9 (ISBN)
CHF 49,45 inkl. MwSt
To celebrate the bicentenary of Frederick Douglass's birth in 2018, this new annotated edition of his classic autobiography shows how his insights on slavery, racism, and the pursuit of self-reliance are still highly relevant today in 21st-century America.

Frederick Douglas was a slave, then a free man. He was an abolitionist, a writer, and an orator who became a great social reformer and statesman. Perhaps even more important, he served as a powerful counter-example to white Americans who believed black people could not be their equals. Douglass dedicated his life to the pursuit of freedom and equality for not just African Americans, but for all people, of all races, male and female.

The Historian's Narrative of Frederick Douglass: Reading Douglass's Autobiography as Social and Cultural History covers the first decades of Frederick Douglass's life, from his childhood through his escape from slavery in 1838 and his early years as a fiery abolitionist speaker in the North. The book provides readers with the necessary biographical and historical context to better understand and fully appreciate the Douglass's classic memoir. Readers will learn about slavery, the abolitionist movement, efforts of resistance to slavery and escape from it, and the great importance of literacy in combating slavery. The book is written in accessible language that will engage high school and college students as well as general readers, but deals with challenging and provocative concepts.

Robert Felgar, PhD, is professor and head of the Department of English at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The Historian's Annotated Classics
Zusatzinfo 9 bw illus
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 235 mm
Gewicht 340 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
ISBN-10 1-4408-4309-0 / 1440843090
ISBN-13 978-1-4408-4309-9 / 9781440843099
Zustand Neuware
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