Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

Paperback, 1962

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Available

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973.8

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Publication

Scribner Paper Fiction (1962), 640 pages

Description

In this engrossing narrative he recounts early years of abuse; his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. It is also the only of Douglass' autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American Presidents such as Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield.

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LibraryThing member ElTomaso

Auto-biograhical account of the end of slavery, by the courageous black leader who convinced Lincoln of the moral obligation to free the slaves. Without him, we might still be a slave-holding nation! A great American! A great book!

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LibraryThing member greeniezona

The story of acquiring this volume is a long story full of sighs. But having read it, it seems silly to complain about anything so trivial.

Reading this book, I wanted to become a Quaker and go on nationwide speaking tours. I wanted to smack a lot of stupid, racist white people. I marveled at both

the force of Frederick Douglass's personality and also all the factors that had to fall into place to make his legacy possible. I also marveled at the way he wrote his multiple autobiographies -- not as if posterity would have much interest in him as a person, but that posterity would want to know what this transitional time in history was like. As if 150 years later, it wouldn't be his name looming large, while most of the people he name-checks throughout are forgotten.

An excellent last book for Less Stupid Civil War Reading Group, as it probably goes the furthest into the post-war changes in society.

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