![]() ![]() In terms of these changes, Blight examines Douglass’s politics, writing, “Two contradictory themes run through all of Douglass’s rhetoric regarding the Republicans. xvi).Blight writes, “Few Americans ever more publicly and vividly remade themselves over and over quite like Douglass, and few had deeper reasons to try” (pg. Blight “seeks Douglass’s complexity in all its forms, but never sidesteps his essential radicalism in a search for heroes we can hold dear and in common” (pg. Through Douglass, Blight tells the story of nineteenth-century America, its triumphs and failures, and situates Douglass and his confidants within a literary tradition including Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Charles Dickens, and Goethe. Blight’s Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom represents a remarkable work of research that not only captures the events of Douglass’s life, but brings to life the eras in which he lived. ![]() Chapter 36: Epilogue: Then Douglass Passedĭavid W.Chapter 35: Chapter 31: If American Conscience Were Only Half-Alive.Chapter 34: Chapter 30: Haiti: Servant Between Two Masters.Chapter 32: Chapter 28: Watchman, What of the Night?.Chapter 31: Chapter 27: Joys and Sorrows at Cedar Hill.Chapter 30: Chapter 26: An Important and Lucrative Office.Chapter 29: Chapter 25: What Will Peace Among the Whites Bring?.Chapter 27: Chapter 23: All the Leeches That Feed on You.Chapter 26: Chapter 22: Othello’s Occupation Was Gone.Chapter 24: Chapter 20: Abolition War, Abolition Peace.Chapter 23: Chapter 19: Men of Color to Arms!.Chapter 22: Chapter 18: The Anthem of the Redeemed.Chapter 21: Chapter 17: The Kindling Spirit of His Battle Cry.Chapter 20: Chapter 16: Secession: Taught by Events.Chapter 19: Chapter 15: John Brown Could Die for the Slave.Chapter 18: Chapter 14: My Voice, My Pen, or My Vote.Chapter 17: Chapter 13: By the Rivers of Babylon.Chapter 16: Chapter 12: My Faithful Friend Julia.Chapter 15: Chapter 11: Demagogue in Black.Chapter 14: Chapter 10: Send Back the Money!. ![]()
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