The heroic slave : a cultural and critical edition / Frederick Douglass ; edited by Robert S. Levine, John Stauffer, and John R. McKivigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, author.

Contributor:

Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1953- editor.

Stauffer, John, 1965- editor.

McKivigan, John R., 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, Madison--Fiction.

Washington, Madison.

Creole (Brig)--Fiction.

Creole (Brig).

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Heroic slave.

Douglass, Frederick.

Enslaved persons--United States--Fiction.

Enslaved persons.

Slave rebellions--United States--History--19th century--Fiction.

Slave rebellions.

Mutiny--United States--History--19th century--Fiction.

Mutiny.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Biographical fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 267 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]

Summary:

First published nearly a decade prior to the Civil War, The Heroic Slave is the only fictional work by abolitionist, orator, author, and social reformer Frederick Douglass, himself a former salve. It is inspired by the true story of Madison Washington, who, along with eighteen others, took control of the slave ship Creole in November 1841 and sailed it to Nassau in the British colony of the Bahamas, where they could live free. This new critical edition, ideal for classroom use, includes the full text of Douglass's fictional recounting of one of the most successful slave revolts in American history, as well as an interpretive introduction; excerpts from Douglass's speeches and editorials; short selections by other writers on the Creole rebellion; and recent criticism on the novella. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The text of Frederick Douglass's The heroic slave; Frederick Douglass, The heroic slave; A note on the text

Contemporary responses to the Creole Rebellion, 1841-1843. "Another Amistad case

what will grow out of it?"; "The Creole mutiny"; Protest of the officers and crew of the American brig Creole; The hero mutineers"; Deposition of William H. Merritt; "Madison Washington: another chapter in his history"; Daniel Webster, letter to Edward Everett; William Ellery Channing, from the duty of the free states, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole; Joshua Giddings, resolutions; Henry Highland Garnet, from "An address to the slaves of the United States of America"

Douglass on the Creole and Black revolution. Frederick Douglass, from "American prejudice against color"; Frederick Douglass, from "America's compromise with slavery and the abolitionists' work"; Frederick Douglass, from "American and Scottish prejudice against the slave"; Frederick Douglass, from "Meeting in Faneuil Hall"; Frederick Douglass, from "Address at the great anti-colonization meeting in New York"; Frederick Douglass, from What to the slave is the Fourth of July?";- Frederick Douglass, from "West India emancipation"; Frederick Douglass, "a black hero"

Narratives of the Creole rebellion, 1855-1901. William C. Nell, "Madison Washington"; Samuel Ringgold Ward, "Men and women of mark"; William Wells Brown, "Slave revolt at sea"; Lydia Maria Child, "Madison Washington"; Robert Purvis, "A priceless picture: history of Sinque, the hero of the Amistad"; Pauline Hopkins, "A dash for liberty"

Criticism. Robert B. Stepto, from "Storytelling in early Afro-American fiction"; William L. Andrews, from "The novelization of voice in early African American narrative"; Richard Yarborough, from "Race, violence, and manhood"; Maggie Montesinos Sale, from "The heroic slave; Celeste-Marie Bernier, from "Arms like polished iron"; Ivy G. Wilson, from "Transnationalism, Frederick Douglass, and "The heroic slave"; Carrie Hyde, from "The climates of liberty"

Chronology of Frederick Douglass, Madison Washington, and resistance to slavery.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

030018462X

9780300184624

OCLC:

894149293

Publisher Number:

99962470948