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Liberating Sojourn - Frederick Douglass and Transatlantic Reform (Paperback)
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Liberating Sojourn - Frederick Douglass and Transatlantic Reform (Paperback)
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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.
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