- Abolitionists, African-American abolitionists, Antislavery movements, Slaves
The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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- Author
- David W. Blight
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 900
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio, Simon & Schuster Audio
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781598537222
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David William Blight (born 1949) is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.
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