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Selected Speeches and Writings

Frederick Douglass

  • 795 pages · about 13 hours
  • First published 1999
  • 2 editions
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1 About this book

"Between 1950 and 1975, Philip S. Foner collected the most important of Douglass's hundreds of speeches, letters, articles, and editorials into an impressive five-volume set, now long out of print. Abridged, adapted, and supplemented with several important texts that Foner did not include, Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings presents the most significant, insightful, and elegant short works of Douglass's massive oeuvre."

Good for readers who want: history, politics, travel writing, and a long read.

  • History
  • Politics and government
  • 19th Century
  • Antislavery movements
  • Civil rights
  • Description and travel
  • Enslaved people
  • Social conditions

2 About Frederick Douglass

1818–1895

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century".

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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