Frederick Douglass (Unabridged) Frederick Douglass (Unabridged)

Frederick Douglass (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History *

“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.

As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery.

Initially mentored by William Lloyd Garrison, Douglass spoke widely, using his own story to condemn slavery. By the Civil War, Douglass had become the most famed and widely travelled orator in the nation. In his unique and eloquent voice, written and spoken, Douglass was a fierce critic of the United States as well as a radical patriot. After the war he sometimes argued politically with younger African Americans, but he never forsook either the Republican party or the cause of black civil and political rights.

In this “cinematic and deeply engaging” (The New York Times Book Review) biography, David Blight has drawn on new information held in a private collection that few other historian have consulted, as well as recently discovered issues of Douglass’s newspapers. “Absorbing and even moving…a brilliant book that speaks to our own time as well as Douglass’s” (The Wall Street Journal), Blight’s biography tells the fascinating story of Douglass’s two marriages and his complex extended family. “David Blight has written the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass…a powerful portrait of one of the most important American voices of the nineteenth century” (The Boston Globe).

In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Frederick Douglass won the Bancroft, Parkman, Los Angeles Times (biography), Lincoln, Plutarch, and Christopher awards and was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Time.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
PO
Prentice Onayemi
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
36:57
hr min
RELEASED
2018
October 16
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster Audio
SIZE
1.6
GB

Customer Reviews

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Frederick Douglass - Profit of Freedom

Wonderfully narrated, incredibly intimate, historically profound, and tragically relevant to today’s socio-political environment.

The author’s use of textured language and deft literary skill brings to form and life the deeply complex journey of the greatest abolitionist and world citizen of the 19th century.

Phenomenal work… should be required reading!

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Frederick Douglas

I find the reader awful to listen to. He adopts a breathy whispery tone to create drama which is cloying and repulsive. I’ll read it in print do I can enjoy it

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