1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816742403321

Autore

Martin Waldo E. <1951->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1984

ISBN

979-88-908645-3-6

0-8078-6428-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 pages)

Disciplina

973.80924

Soggetti

Antislavery movements - United States

Abolitionists - United States

African Americans

United States Social conditions To 1865

United States Social conditions 1865-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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>