Giant's Causeway Frederick Douglass's Irish Odyssey and the Making of an American Visionary |
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| Author:
| Chaffin, Tom |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3610-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was already a celebrated lecturer across the northern US. The recent publication of his memoir had incited threats to his life, however, and to place himself out of harm's way he embarked on a lecture tour of the British Isles. In the first major narrative account of a transformational episode in the life of this extraordinary American, Tom Chaffin chronicles Douglass's 1845-47 lecture tour of Ireland, Scotland,...
More DescriptionIn 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was already a celebrated lecturer across the northern US. The recent publication of his memoir had incited threats to his life, however, and to place himself out of harm's way he embarked on a lecture tour of the British Isles. In the first major narrative account of a transformational episode in the life of this extraordinary American, Tom Chaffin chronicles Douglass's 1845-47 lecture tour of Ireland, Scotland, and England.