Still in his twenties but already famous for his fiery orations and controversial autobiography; black abolitionist Frederick Douglass traveled to Great Britain in 1845 on an eighteen-month lecture and fund-raising tour. This book examines how that visit affected transatlantic reform movements and Douglass’s own thinking. The first book dedicated specifically to the trip; it features the work of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic―including Douglass biographer William McFeely and abolitionist scholar R. J. M. Blackett―who use Douglass’s visit to reexamine aspects of his life and times. The contributors reveal the visit’s significance to an understanding of transatlantic gender relations; religion; radicalism; and popular views of African Americans in Britain and also examine such topics as Douglass’s attitudes toward the Irish and his campaign against the Free Church of Scotland for accepting southern money. Together; these essays show that Douglass’s journey was a personal and political triumph and a key event in his development; leaving him better prepared to set the strategies and ideologies of the abolitionist movement.
#3475533 in Books University Alabama Press 2009-09-20Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.00 x .60 x 5.00l; .50 #File Name: 081735591X168 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. but offers some very interesting insights on daily life in the wartime Confederacy as well as some fun; adventurous anecdotesBy Anal AugerQuite interesting read. The author seems a little bit star-struck by the various Confederate leaders; but offers some very interesting insights on daily life in the wartime Confederacy as well as some fun; adventurous anecdotes. A fun; easy; and short read; this book would be an excellent assignment for a high school history class - the author's status as a sympathetic outsider looking in on the Confederate war effort gives a nice bit of colour to the American Civil war without being weighed down with battle tactics or politics. This is one of the literally thousands of books that those communist thugs who wish to tear down Confederate statues would never in their life read.
