| Description |
1 online resource (191 pages) : portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A voice crying in the wilderness of Christian slaveholding America -- The seeking slave, 1818-1838 -- God and slavery on the Eastern Shore -- Religious awakenings in Baltimore -- From the valley of shadows to freedom -- The zealous orator, 1839-1852 -- The young abolitionist orator -- Bearing witness in Great Britain -- An antislavery constitution and a righteous violence -- The hopeful prophet, 1853-1895 -- The crisis of the union -- Reconstruction battles over racial and gender equality -- At the dark dawn of Jim Crow -- Unraveling the mysteries of God's providence and progress -- Frederick Douglass is not dead! |
| Summary |
"Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore and became an extraordinary champion of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. ... With an eye toward explaining how Douglass's religious beliefs shaped his influential public career, Dilbeck retells the story of Douglass's life"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Religion.
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Religion. |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Religion. |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. |
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African American abolitionists -- Biography.
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African American abolitionists -- Biography. |
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African American orators -- United States -- Biography.
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African American orators. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
1-4696-3618-2 |
| ISBN |
9781469636191 (electronic book) |
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1469636190 (electronic book) |
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9781469636207 (electronic book) |
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1469636204 (electronic book) |
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9781469636184 |
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1469636182 |
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