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Frederick Douglass America's prophet

Title: Frederick Douglass [electronic resource] : America's prophet / D. H. Dilbeck.
Author: Dilbeck, D. H.
Publication: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

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Description

1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations.

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"--

Uniform Title

Frederick Douglass (Online)

Alternative Title

Frederick Douglass (Online)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

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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