Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn

by Frederick Douglass

Book Overview

"In Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn, Theodore Hamm persuasively and passionately makes the case that the borough (and former city) became a powerful forum for Douglass's abolitionist agenda in the mid-19th century after he escaped slavery in 1838." --New York Times

This volume compiles original source material that illustrates the complex relationship between Frederick Douglass and the city of Brooklyn. Most prominent are the speeches the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617754854
• ISBN13: 9781617754852
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"