The mind of Frederick Douglass

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Examines the development of Frederick Douglass's ideas concerning social reform, humanism, and the identity of Black Americans.

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Full title :The mind of Frederick Douglass / Waldo E. Martin, Jr.

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Examines the development of Frederick Douglass's ideas concerning social reform, humanism, and the identity of Black Americans.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1984.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of North Carolina Press
Place of Publication:Chapel Hill
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1984.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 333 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0807816167, 9780807816165, 080784148X, 9780807841488
oclc:ocm10558920
LC Classification:E449.D75
Dewey Decimal:B

PART ONE: The shape of a life -- 1. The formative years and beyond -- 2. Abolitionism: the travail of a "great life's work" -- 3. The politics of a race leader -- 4. Humanism, race, and leadership -- PART TWO: Social reform -- 5. The ideology of white supremacy -- 6. Feminism, race, and social reform -- 7. The philosophy and pursuit of social reform -- PART THREE: National identity, culture, and science -- 8. A composite American nationality -- 9. Ethnology and equality -- PART FOUR: The autobiographical Douglass -- 10. Self-made man, self-conscious hero -- Epilogue.

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Abolitionists Abolitionists -- Biography. -- United S… Abolitionnistes -- Biographies. -- État… Abolitionnistes noirs américains -- Bio… African American abolitionists African American abolitionists -- Biogr… Antislavery movements Antislavery movements -- United States Biographies Biography Douglass, Frederick États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 18… États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- Ju… Mouvements antiesclavagistes -- États-U… Social conditions To 1918 United States United States -- Social conditions -- 1… United States -- Social conditions -- T… Weltanschauung