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Frederick Douglass : America's prophet / D.H. Dilbeck.

Summary:

"Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore and became an extraordinary champion of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. ... With an eye toward explaining how Douglass's religious beliefs shaped his influential public career, Dilbeck retells the story of Douglass's life"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781469636184
ISBN: 1469636182
Physical Description: 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A voice crying in the wilderness of Christian slaveholding America -- The seeking slave, 1818-1838 -- God and slavery on the Eastern Shore -- Religious awakenings in Baltimore -- From the valley of shadows to freedom -- The zealous orator, 1839-1852 -- The young abolitionist orator -- Bearing witness in Great Britain -- An antislavery constitution and a righteous violence -- The hopeful prophet, 1853-1895 -- The crisis of the union -- Reconstruction battles over racial and gender equality -- At the dark dawn of Jim Crow -- Unraveling the mysteries of God's providence and progress -- Frederick Douglass is not dead!

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Subject:

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 > Religion.
African American abolitionists > Biography.
African American orators > United States > Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

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