The Cambridge Companion to Frederick Douglass

FrederickDouglasswasbornaslaveandlivedtobecomeabest-sellingauthorandaleadingfigureoftheabolitionistmovement.Apowerfuloratorandwriter,Douglassprovidedauniquevoiceadvocatinghumanrightsandfreedomacrossthenineteenthcentury,andremainsanimportantfigureinthefightagainstracialinjustice.ThisCompanion,designedforstudentsofAmericanhistoryandliterature,includesessaysfromprominentscholarsworkinginarangeofdisciplines.KeytopicsinDouglassstudies-hisabolitionistwork,oratory,andautobiographicalwritings–arecoveredindepth,andnewperspectivesonreligion,jurisprudence,theCivilWar,romanticism,sentimentality,theBlackpress,andtransatlanticismareoffered.Accessibleinstyle,andrepresentingnewapproachesinliteraryandAfrican-Americanstudies,thisbookisbothalucidintroductionandacontributiontoexistingscholarship.