| The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 1: 1842-1852 Contributor(s): Douglass, Frederick (Author), Kaufman-McKivigan, John R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300135602 ISBN-13: 9780300135602 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $147.51 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 Annotation: This volume of "The Frederick Douglass Papers" represents the first of a four-volume series of the selected correspondence of the great American abolitionist and reformer. Douglass's correspondence was richly varied, from relatively obscure slaveholders and fugitive slaves to poets and politicians, including Horace Greeley, William H. Seward, Susan B. Anthony, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The letters acquaint us with Douglass's many roles--politician, abolitionist, diplomat, runaway slave, women's rights advocate, and family man--and include many previously unpublished letters between Douglass and members of his family. Douglass stood at the epicenter of the political, social, intellectual, and cultural issues of antebellum America. This collection of Douglass's early correspondence illuminates not only his growth as an activist and writer, but the larger world of the times and the abolition movement as well. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Literary Collections | Letters - Literary Collections | American - African American |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009023125 |
| Series: Frederick Douglass Papers, Series III: Correspondence |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (2.90 lbs) 728 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume of The Frederick Douglass Papers represents the first of a four-volume series of the selected correspondence of the great American abolitionist and reformer. Douglass's correspondence was richly varied, from relatively obscure slaveholders and fugitive slaves to poets and politicians, including Horace Greeley, William H. Seward, Susan B. Anthony, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The letters acquaint us with Douglass's many roles--politician, abolitionist, diplomat, runaway slave, women's rights advocate, and family man--and include many previously unpublished letters between Douglass and members of his family. Douglass stood at the epicenter of the political, social, intellectual, and cultural issues of antebellum America. This collection of Douglass's early correspondence illuminates not only his growth as an activist and writer, but the larger world of the times and the abolition movement as well. |