Frederick Douglass in Britain and Ireland, 1845-1895 / edited by Hannah-Rose Murray and John R. McKivigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Hannah-Rose, Author.

Contributor:

Murray, Hannah-Rose, 1989- editor.

McKivigan, John R., 1949- editor.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Travel.

Douglass, Frederick.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Political and social views.

Freed persons--United States--History--19th century--Sources.

Freed persons.

Freed persons--Travel--Great Britain--History--19th century--Sources.

Freed persons--Travel--Ireland--History--19th century--Sources.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--History--19th century--Sources.

Enslaved persons.

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century--Sources.

Antislavery movements.

Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century--Sources.

Antislavery movements--Ireland--History--19th century--Sources.

Great Britain--Race relations--History--19th century.

Great Britain.

Ireland--Race relations--History--19th century.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiv, 414 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Online edition

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]

Biography/History:

Dr. Hannah-Rose Murray received a Ph.D. from the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham and has been a postdoctoral fellow there since April 2018. Her research focuses on African American transatlantic journeys to Britain between the 1830s and the 1890s. John Kaufman-McKivigan is the Mary O'Brien Gibson Professor of History at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis as well as the Editor of the Frederick Douglass Papers. He is author of numerous books and scholarly articles on abolitionism and other aspects of American reform history.

Summary:

This critical edition documents Frederick Douglass's relationship with Britain through unexplored oratory and print culture. With an unprecedented and comprehensive 60,000-word introduction that places the speeches, letters, poetry, and images printed here into context, the sources provide extraordinary insight into the myriad performative techniques Douglass used to win support for the causes of emancipation and human rights. Editors examine how Douglass employed various media - letters, speeches, interviews, and his autobiographies - to convince the transatlantic public not only that his works were worth reading and his voice worth hearing, but also that the fight against racism would continue after his death.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Note on the Text

Acknowledgments

Timeline of Frederick Douglass’s Life

Map of Frederick Douglass’s Speaking Locations

List of Frederick Douglass’s Speaking Locations

Part I: “To Tell His Own Story”: Frederick Douglass and the British Isles

1. “To Remove the Mask from Her Face”: 1845–1847

2. “Blast Not the Budding Hopes of Millions”: 1850–1865

3. “For the Spiritual Emancipation of All”: 1870–1895

Part II: “Men Naturally Love Liberty”

Anti-Slavery Society Dublin, Ireland, The Freeman’s Journal, 24 September 1845, p. 4

Anti-Slavery Soiree. Mr Douglas, The American Slave Limerick, Ireland, The Limerick Reporter, 25 November 1845, p. 2

Dundee, Scotland, Dundee, Perth and Cupar Advertiser, 30 January 1846, p. 3

American Slavery & The Free Church Edinburgh, Scotland, Caledonian Mercury, 11 May 1846, p. 3

Second Lecture on American Slavery Newcastle, England, Newcastle Guardian, 15 August 1846, p. 5

Mr Fred Douglas’s Lecture on American Slavery Carlisle, England, Carlisle Journal, 22 August 1846, p. 4

Anti-Slavery Meeting. William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass Dundee, Scotland, Dundee Courier, 29 September 1846, p. 3

Slavery in America: Frederick Douglass in Wakefi eld Bradford, England, Bradford and Wakefi eld Observer, and Halifax, Huddersfi eld, and Keighley Reporter, 21 January 1847, p. 8

Frederick Douglass in Leicester: The Anti-Slavery Meeting in the New Hall Leicestershire, England, Leicestershire Mercury, 6 March 1847, p. 2

Slavery in America Nottingham, England, Nottingham Review, 12 March 1847, p. 8

Mr Frederick Douglass, the Escaped Slave, at Northampton Northampton, England, Northampton Mercury, 3 April 1847, p. 3

Mr Frederick Douglass on the Harper’s Ferry Insurrection Leeds, England, Leeds Mercury, 24 December 1859, p. 3

Mr Douglass on American Slavery Sheffi eld, England, Supplement to the Sheffi eld and Rotherham Independent, 21 January 1860, p. 10

American Slavery – Address by Mr F. Douglas Paisley, Scotland, Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser, 28 January 1860, p. 4

Reception Soiree to Mr Frederick Douglass Glasgow, Scotland, Glasgow Herald, 1 February 1860, p. 3

Frederick Douglass on American Slavery Falkirk, Scotland, Falkirk Herald, Thursday 9 February 1860, p. 3

Anti-Slavery Meeting in Montrose Montrose, Scotland, Montrose, Arbroath, and Brechin Review, 17 February 1860, p. 4

Frederick Douglass Bridport, England, Daily News, 19 October 1886, p. 6

Part III: “A Sunbe am into the Darknesses of the Hour”: The Responses to Great Britain

Chartists of England Rochester, NY, North Star, 5 May 1848, p. 2

On Robert Burns and Scotland Rochester, NY, North Star, 2 February 1849, p. 2

Twenty-One Months in Great Britain Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom (New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855)

War with England Rochester, NY, Douglass’ Monthly, January 1862, pp. 578–79

The Slave’s Appeal to Great Britain London Daily News, 26 November 1862, p. 5. Other texts in New York Independent, 20 November 1862, p. 1; San Francisco Pacifi c Appeal, 27 December 1862, p. 3

Mr Frederick Douglass on the Prospects of Slavery Leeds, England, Leeds Mercury, 2 February 1865, p. 4

Frederick Douglass on the American Crisis Manchester, England, Manchester Times, 20 May 1865, p. 5

The Position of the British Government Toward Liberty Washington, DC, New National Era, 17 August 1871, p. 2

Thoughts and Recollections of a Tour in Ireland (1886) A.M.E. Church Review 3 (October 1886), pp. 136–45 Speech, Article, and Book File, reel 16, frames 113–20, 189–95, reel 19, frames 408–14, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress

A Sentimental Visit to England Baltimore, MD, Commonwealth, 1 October 1887, p. 1 Other texts in Speech File, reel 16, frames 223–27, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress; New York Freeman, 1 October 1887, p. 1

I Am Here Advocating the Rights of Ireland Grand Reception to Arthur O’Connor, Esq., M.P., and Sir. Thomas H. Grattan Esmonde, Bart., M.P., at Masonic Temple, Washington, DC (Washington, DC: William H. Moore, 1887), pp. 21–23 Another text in Washington, DC, National Republican, 15 December 1887, p. 1

European Tour Frederick Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself, His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time (Boston: De Wolfe & Fiske Co., 1892), pp. 674–80

Part IV: “A Comrade in the Fight”: British Responses to Frederick Douglass

To the People of Waterford Waterford Mail, 9 October 1845

[For the Belfast Chronicle] Lines, by Frances Brown, Suggested by a passage in the Life of Frederick Douglass Belfast, Ireland, Commercial Chronicle, 10 January 1846, p. 2

Frederick Douglass Boston, MA, The Liberator, 27 March 1846, p. 4

“Send Back the Money, Send Back the Money” Boston Public Library, [1846?]

The Boy Tammy’s Meditations Anti-Slavery Songs (Edinburgh: J. Fairgrieve & Co., 1846)

[Untitled] Exeter, England, Western Times, 12 September 1846, p. 8

The American “Apostles”—The Evangelical Alliance—And the Press Belfast, Ireland, Belfast Newsletter, 9 October 1846, p. 2

Newspaper Advertisement Manchester, 1846, University of Manchester

“Give Back the Money: A Familiar Howl in the North” Leeds, England, Northern Star, 24 October 1846, p. 3

To Frederick Douglass Boston, MA, The Liberator, 27 November 1846, p. 4

Frederick Douglass Boston, MA, The Liberator, 4 December 1846, p. 4

To Frederick Douglass Boston, MA, The Liberator, 15 January 1847, p. 4

We’ll Free the Slave Boston, MA, The Liberator, 5 February 1847, p. 4

Newspaper Advertisement Leamington Spa Courier, 20 February 1847, p. 2. British Library

On Hearing Frederick Douglass Northampton Mercury, 3 April 1847, p. 2

Farewell to Frederick Douglass Boston, MA, The Liberator, 14 May 1847, p. 4

The Adieu From the London Inquirer Boston, MA, The Liberator, 14 May 1847, p. 4

America.— Battle of Blacks and Whites Bristol, England, Mercury and Western Counties Advertiser, 15 May 1847, p. 2 Originally from Jerrold’s Weekly Newspaper

Lines Addressed to Frederick Douglass on His Return to America. Boston, MA, The Liberator, 9 July 1847, p. 4 Originally from the Newcastle Peace Advocate

Poetry. Farewell Song of Frederick Douglass on Leaving England. By T. Powis Griffi ths Leicester, England, Leicestershire Mercury, 17 July 1847, p. 4

Farewell to Frederick Douglass From Howitt’s Journal Rochester, NY, The North Star, 14 April 1848, p. 4

Frederick Douglass Rochester, NY, The North Star, 12 May 1848, p. 4

“The Great Plea for Freedom” My Bondage and My Freedom (Edinburgh, 1855), National Library of Scotland

Literature: My Bondage and My Freedom Edinburg h, Scotland, The Scotsman, 13 February 1856, p. 3

To Frederick Douglass Edinburgh, Scotland, Caledonian Mercury, 19 August 1865, p. 2

Frederick Douglass London, England, Daily News, 21 October 1886, p. 3

Frederick Douglass Image in The Graphic, 13 November 1886, British Library

A Fugitive Slave Newcastle, England, The Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 20 June 1887, p. 4

Frederick Douglas Dundee, Scotland, Dundee Courier, 22 February 1895, p. 2

Obituary London, England, Daily News, 22 February 1895, p. 4

Frederick Douglass Anti-Caste, February 1895, British Library

Sketch of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chiefl y Compiled from His Autobiography and a Few of His Letters and Speeches Street, England, Anti-Caste, 7 (April–May 1895), pp. 1–16

Frederick Douglass Mural Belfast, Ireland

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 24, 2023).

Contains:

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Works. Selections

Other Format:

Print version: Frederick Douglass in Britain and Ireland, 1845-1895.

ISBN:

1-3995-0203-4

1-4744-6043-7

1-4744-6042-9

OCLC:

1252421545