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This collection of Douglasss speeches in Brooklyn displays the power of the former slaves oratory before, during, and after the Civil War. Editor Hamm, a professor of media studies, places a selection of carefully reconstructed speeches in this slim volume, and gives useful context on how they were locally received. A concise introduction provides detail about 19th-century Brooklyn and its conflicted legacy of racial prejudice and abolitionism. |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Quotations.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Political and social views.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
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| Add'l Names |
Hamm, Theodore, 1966- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781617754852
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1617754854
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