The mind of Frederick Douglass / Waldo E. Martin, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Waldo E., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antislavery movements--United States.

Antislavery movements.

Abolitionists--United States--Biography.

Abolitionists.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

United States--Social conditions--To 1865.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.

Douglass, Frederick.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Frederick Douglass was unquestionably the foremost black American of the nineteenth century. The extraordinary life of this former slave turned abolitionist orator, newspaper editor, social reformer, race leader, and Republican party advocate has inspired many biographies over the years. This, however, is the first full-scale study of the origins, contours, development, and significance of Douglass's thought.<BR>

Contents:

Cover Page; The Mind of Frederick Douglass; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part One The Shape of a Life; 1. The Formative Years and Beyond; 2. Abolitionism: The Travail of a "Great Life's Work"; 3. The Politics of a Race Leader; 4. Humanism, Race, and Leadership; Part Two Social Reform; 5. The Ideology of White Supremacy; 6. Feminism, Race, and Social Reform; 7. The Philosophy and Pursuit of Social Reform; Part Three National Identity, Culture, and Science; 8. A Composite American Nationality; 9. Ethnology and Equality; Part Four The Autobiographical Douglass; 10. Self-made Man, Self-conscious Hero; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9798890864536

9780807864289

0807864285

OCLC:

823382341