Frederick Douglass : selected speeches and writings

Frederick Douglass : selected speeches and writings /

"One of the greatest African American leaders and one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Frederick Douglass spoke and wrote with unsurpassed eloquence on almost all the major issues confronting the American people during his life - from the abolition of slavery to women's rights, fro...

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Main Author: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Other Authors: Foner, Philip Sheldon, 1910-1994, Taylor, Yuval
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, 1999
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Library of Black America.
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • From 1841 to the founding of The north star
  • From the founding of The north star to the Compromise of 1850
  • From the Compromise of 1850 to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  • From the Kansas-Nebraska Act to the election of Abraham Lincoln
  • From secession to the Emancipation Proclamation
  • From the Emancipation Proclamation to the eve of Appomattox
  • Reconstruction, 1865-1876
  • The post-Reconstruction era, 1877-1895.

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