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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
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Call Number:
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920 Douglass |
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Author:
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Blight, David W., |
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Title:
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Frederick Douglass |
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Remainder of title:
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prophet of freedom |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. He wrote three versions of his autobiography over the course of his lifetime and published his own newspaper. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery. Initially mentored by William Lloyd Garrison, Douglass spoke widely, often to large crowds, using his own story to condemn slavery. He broke with Garrison to become a political abolitionist, a Republican, and eventually a Lincoln supporter. By the Civil War and during Reconstruction, Douglass became the most famed and widely travelled orator in the nation. He denounced the premature end of Reconstruction and the emerging Jim Crow era. In his unique and eloquent voice, written and spoken, Douglass was a fierce critic of the United States as well as a radical patriot. He sometimes argued politically with younger African-Americans, but he never forsook either the Republican party or the cause of black civil and political rights. In this remarkable biography, David Blight has drawn on new information held in a private collection that few other historian have consulted, as well as recently discovered issues of Douglass's newspapers. Blight tells the fascinating story of Douglass's two marriages and his complex extended family. Douglass was not only an astonishing man of words, but a thinker steeped in Biblical story and theology. There has not been a major biography of Douglass in a quarter century. David Blight's Frederick Douglass affords this important American the distinguished biography he deserves"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781416590316 (hardback) |
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International Standard Book Number:
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1416590315 (hardback) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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n-us--- |
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Classification number:
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E449.D75 |
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Item number:
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B557 2018 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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973.8092 |
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Classification number:
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B |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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BIO006000 |
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Classification number:
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HIS036040 |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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David W. Blight. |
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Edition statement:
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York, NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Simon & Schuster |
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Date of publication:
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2018 |
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New York : |
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Simon & Schuster, |
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2018. |
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Extent:
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xx, 888 pages : 24 cm. |
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Other physical details:
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illustrations ; |
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Dimensions:
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24 cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Bibliography, etc. note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 771-861) and index. |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"An acclaimed historian's definitive biography of the most important African-American figure of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass, who was to his century what Martin Luther King, Jr. was to the 20th century"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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Donation 06/10/2019 |
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Purchase price:
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$ 37.50 |
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Personal name:
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Douglass, Frederick, |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1818-1895. |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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Abolitionists |
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Subject:
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African American abolitionists |
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Subject:
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Slaves |
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Subject:
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Antislavery movements |
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Subject:
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. |
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Subject:
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HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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Chronological subdivision:
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19th century. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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United States |
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Geographic subdivision:
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United States |
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Geographic subdivision:
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United States |
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Geographic subdivision:
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United States |
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Acquire |
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2 shelf copies |
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policy default |
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rf01 2019-03-07 additional copy to LOAN |
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rf11 2018-05-09 |
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rf10 2018-05-10 to Dewey |
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rf07 2018-10-25 CIP ver. to Hand Carry |
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rf11 2018-05-09 ONIX to SL |
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xk15 2018-12-04 (CLHC) to CALM |
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xm09 2018-05-10 |
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50300 |
920 Douglass |
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