Frederick Douglass : America's prophet /

From his enslavement to freedom, Frederick Douglass was one of America's most extraordinary champions of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. In this concise and original biography, D. H. Dilbeck offers a provocative interpret...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dilbeck, D. H. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895. Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895 > Religion. African American abolitionists > Biography. African American orators > Biography.

Table of 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!