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Frederick Douglass : : America's Prophet

Dilbeck, D. H. Book - 2018 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / Social Activists / Douglass, Frederick 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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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!
"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.

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PUBLISHED
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: 191 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781469636184
1469636182

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