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The portable Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Stauffer and Henry Louis Gates, Jr

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"A new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick Douglass, letting us hear once more a necessary historical figure whose guiding voice is needed now as urgently as ever. Edited by renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian John Stauffer, The Portable Frederick Douglass includes the full range of Douglass's works: the complete Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, as well as extracts from My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass; The Heroic Slave, one of the first works of African American fiction; the brilliant speeches that launched his political career and that constitute the greatest oratory of the Civil War era; and his journalism, which ranges from cultural and political critique (including his early support for women's equality) to law, history, philosophy, literature, art, and international affairs, including a never-before-published essay on Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture. The Portable Frederick Douglass is the latest addition in a series of African American classics curated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. First published in 2008, the series reflects a selection of great works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by African and African American authors introduced and annotated by leading scholars and acclaimed writers in new or updated editions for Penguin Classics. In his series essay, "What Is an African American Classic?" Gates provides a broader view of the canon of classics of African American literature available from Penguin Classics and beyond. Gates writes, "These texts reveal the human universal through the African American particular: all true art, all classics do this; this is what 'art' is, a revelation of that which makes each of us sublimely human, rendered in the minute details of the actions and thoughts and feelings of a compelling character embedded in a time and place." For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators"--
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eng
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Extent
xxxvi, 579 pages
Contents
  • Autobiographical Writings: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave (1845) ; From My bondage and my freedom (1855) ; From Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881)
  • Fiction: The heroic slave (1853)
  • Speeches: "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" (1852) ; "The claims of the negro ethnologically considered" (1854) ; "The Dred Scott decision" (1857) ; "The significance of emancipation in the West Indies" (1857) ; "The trials and triumphs of self-made men" (1860) ; "The day of jubilee comes" (1862) ; "The proclamation and a negro army" (1863) ; "The mission of the war" (1864) ; "Pictures and progress" (1864-65) ; "Our martyred president" (1865) ; "The greedmen's monument to Abraham Lincoln" (1876) ; "Lessons of the hour" (1894)
  • Journalism: "To my old master" (1848) ; "Prejudice against color" (1850) ; "F.D." (1851) ; "The word `White'" (1854) ; "Is it right and wise to kill a kidnapper?" (1854) ; "Our plan for making Kansas a free state" (1854) ; "The doom of the Black power" (1855) ; "Capt. John Brown not insane" (1859) ; "To the Rochester Democrat and American" (1859) ; "The Chicago nominations" (1860) ; "The inaugural address" (1861) ; "A trip to Haiti" (1861) ; "The fall of Sumter" (1861) ; "Fremont and his proclamation" (1861) ; "The President and his speeches" (1862) ; "Men of color, to arms!" (1863) ; "Valedictory" (1863) ; "Woman Suffrage Movement" (1870) ; "Letter from the editor" (On the Burning Down of His Rochester House) (1872) ; "Give us the freedom intended for us" (1872)
  • "The color line" (1881) ; "The future of the colored race" (1886) ; "Introduction to the reason why the colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition" (1892) ; "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (ca. 1891)
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9780143106814
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The portable Frederick Douglass
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The portable Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Stauffer and Henry Louis Gates, Jr
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eng
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"A new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick Douglass, letting us hear once more a necessary historical figure whose guiding voice is needed now as urgently as ever. Edited by renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian John Stauffer, The Portable Frederick Douglass includes the full range of Douglass's works: the complete Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, as well as extracts from My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass; The Heroic Slave, one of the first works of African American fiction; the brilliant speeches that launched his political career and that constitute the greatest oratory of the Civil War era; and his journalism, which ranges from cultural and political critique (including his early support for women's equality) to law, history, philosophy, literature, art, and international affairs, including a never-before-published essay on Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture. The Portable Frederick Douglass is the latest addition in a series of African American classics curated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. First published in 2008, the series reflects a selection of great works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by African and African American authors introduced and annotated by leading scholars and acclaimed writers in new or updated editions for Penguin Classics. In his series essay, "What Is an African American Classic?" Gates provides a broader view of the canon of classics of African American literature available from Penguin Classics and beyond. Gates writes, "These texts reveal the human universal through the African American particular: all true art, all classics do this; this is what 'art' is, a revelation of that which makes each of us sublimely human, rendered in the minute details of the actions and thoughts and feelings of a compelling character embedded in a time and place." For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators"--
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1818-1895
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Douglass, Frederick
Dewey number
  • 973.8092
  • B
Index
no index present
LC call number
E449.D75
LC item number
A25 2016b
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1965-
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  • Stauffer, John
  • Gates, Henry Louis
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Penguin classics
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  • Douglass, Frederick
  • African American abolitionists
  • Slaves
  • Antislavery movements
  • African Americans
  • African American orators
  • Speeches, addresses, etc., American
  • Speeches, addresses, etc
  • United States
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The portable Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Stauffer and Henry Louis Gates, Jr
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Autobiographical Writings: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave (1845) ; From My bondage and my freedom (1855) ; From Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881) -- Fiction: The heroic slave (1853) -- Speeches: "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" (1852) ; "The claims of the negro ethnologically considered" (1854) ; "The Dred Scott decision" (1857) ; "The significance of emancipation in the West Indies" (1857) ; "The trials and triumphs of self-made men" (1860) ; "The day of jubilee comes" (1862) ; "The proclamation and a negro army" (1863) ; "The mission of the war" (1864) ; "Pictures and progress" (1864-65) ; "Our martyred president" (1865) ; "The greedmen's monument to Abraham Lincoln" (1876) ; "Lessons of the hour" (1894) -- Journalism: "To my old master" (1848) ; "Prejudice against color" (1850) ; "F.D." (1851) ; "The word `White'" (1854) ; "Is it right and wise to kill a kidnapper?" (1854) ; "Our plan for making Kansas a free state" (1854) ; "The doom of the Black power" (1855) ; "Capt. John Brown not insane" (1859) ; "To the Rochester Democrat and American" (1859) ; "The Chicago nominations" (1860) ; "The inaugural address" (1861) ; "A trip to Haiti" (1861) ; "The fall of Sumter" (1861) ; "Fremont and his proclamation" (1861) ; "The President and his speeches" (1862) ; "Men of color, to arms!" (1863) ; "Valedictory" (1863) ; "Woman Suffrage Movement" (1870) ; "Letter from the editor" (On the Burning Down of His Rochester House) (1872) ; "Give us the freedom intended for us" (1872) -- "The color line" (1881) ; "The future of the colored race" (1886) ; "Introduction to the reason why the colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition" (1892) ; "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (ca. 1891)
Control code
ocn909925494
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
xxxvi, 579 pages
Isbn
9780143106814
Lccn
2016006199
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
99971408023
System control number
(OCoLC)909925494
Label
The portable Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Stauffer and Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Autobiographical Writings: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave (1845) ; From My bondage and my freedom (1855) ; From Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881) -- Fiction: The heroic slave (1853) -- Speeches: "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" (1852) ; "The claims of the negro ethnologically considered" (1854) ; "The Dred Scott decision" (1857) ; "The significance of emancipation in the West Indies" (1857) ; "The trials and triumphs of self-made men" (1860) ; "The day of jubilee comes" (1862) ; "The proclamation and a negro army" (1863) ; "The mission of the war" (1864) ; "Pictures and progress" (1864-65) ; "Our martyred president" (1865) ; "The greedmen's monument to Abraham Lincoln" (1876) ; "Lessons of the hour" (1894) -- Journalism: "To my old master" (1848) ; "Prejudice against color" (1850) ; "F.D." (1851) ; "The word `White'" (1854) ; "Is it right and wise to kill a kidnapper?" (1854) ; "Our plan for making Kansas a free state" (1854) ; "The doom of the Black power" (1855) ; "Capt. John Brown not insane" (1859) ; "To the Rochester Democrat and American" (1859) ; "The Chicago nominations" (1860) ; "The inaugural address" (1861) ; "A trip to Haiti" (1861) ; "The fall of Sumter" (1861) ; "Fremont and his proclamation" (1861) ; "The President and his speeches" (1862) ; "Men of color, to arms!" (1863) ; "Valedictory" (1863) ; "Woman Suffrage Movement" (1870) ; "Letter from the editor" (On the Burning Down of His Rochester House) (1872) ; "Give us the freedom intended for us" (1872) -- "The color line" (1881) ; "The future of the colored race" (1886) ; "Introduction to the reason why the colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition" (1892) ; "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (ca. 1891)
Control code
ocn909925494
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
xxxvi, 579 pages
Isbn
9780143106814
Lccn
2016006199
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
99971408023
System control number
(OCoLC)909925494

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