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Great speeches by Frederick Douglass / edited by James Daley.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 (Author). Daley, James, 1979- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780486498829
ISBN: 0486498824
Physical Description: vii, 150 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition: Green ed.
Publisher: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The church and prejudice (1841) -- My slave experience in Maryland (1845) -- Appeal to the British people (1846) -- We have decided to stay (1848) -- What to the slave is the 4th of July? (1852) -- A plea for free speech in Boston (1860) -- What the black man wants (1865) -- Oration in memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876) -- John Brown (1881) -- The race problem (1890) -- Lecture on Haiti (1893) -- Self-made men (1894).

Summary, etc.:

Author, abolitionist, political activist, and philosopher, Frederick Douglass was a pivotal figure in the decades of struggle leading up to the Civil War and the reconstruction era. This compilation of his speeches adds vital detail to the portrait of a great historical figure.