Front cover image for The speeches of Frederick Douglass : a critical edition

The speeches of Frederick Douglass : a critical edition

Frederick Douglass (Author), John R. McKivigan (Editor), Julie Husband (Editor), Heather L. Kaufman (Editor)
This volume brings together twenty of Frederick Douglasss most historically significant speeches on a range of issues, including slavery, abolitionism, civil rights, sectionalism, temperance, womens rights, economic development, and immigration. Douglasss oratory is accompanied by speeches that he considered influential, his thoughts on giving public lectures and the skills necessary to succeed in that endeavor, commentary by his contemporaries on his performances, and modern-day assessments of Douglasss effectiveness as a public speaker and advocate

Print Book, English, 2018
Yale University Press, New Haven, 2018