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Frederick Douglass : Freedom's Voice, 1818-1845 /

This work in the MSU Press Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series chronicles Frederick Douglass's preparation for a career in oratory, his emergence as an abolitionist lecturer in 1841, and his development and activities as a public speaker and reformer from 1841 to 1845. Lampe's meticulous sc...

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Main Author: Lampe, Gregory P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [1998].
Subjects:
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895 > Oratory.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780870139338
0870139339
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter One: Frederick Douglass' Maryland Plantation Education: His Discovery of Oratory
  • Chapter Two: Frederick Douglass' New Bedford Experience: Oratory, Preaching, and Abolitionism, September 1838 -July 1841
  • Chapter Three: The Emergence of an Orator from Slavery: Southern Slavery, Northern Prejudice, and the Church, August
  • December 1841
  • Chapter Four: Oratory of Power and Eloquence: From Local Notoriety to Regional Prominence, January - August 1842
  • Chapter Five: Tumultuous Times: Douglass as Abolitionist Orator, Agitator, Reformer, and Optimist, August 1842 - June 1843
  • Chapter Six: The Hundred Conventions Tour of the West: Independence and Restlessness, June - December 1843
  • Chapter Seven: The Hundred Conventions Tour of Massachusetts: Torrents of Eloquence, January -May 1844
  • Chapter Eight: No Union With Slaveholders: The Proslavery Character of the United States Constitution, May - August 1844
  • Chapter Nine: Douglass the Imposter: I Am a Slave, September 1844 - August 1845
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Douglass' Speaking Itinerary: 1839-1845
  • Appendix B: Frederick Douglass in Behalf of George Latimer. Lynn, Massachusetts: November 8th, 1842
  • Appendix C: No Union With Slaveholders: An Address Delivered in Boston, Massachusetts: 28 May 1844
  • Appendix D: The Progress of the Cause: An Address Delivered in Norristown, Pennsylvania: 12 August 1844.

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