In Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, author and historian David W. That so many of the problems Douglass identified and confronted 150 years ago remain difficult, urgent and unresolved today only adds to the allure of the story. The scourge of slavery the grace of individual liberty the sanctity of the Constitution, women's suffrage the transformative power of equal opportunity the moral decency of the America experiment: All of this mythology threads its way through Douglass's life in contentious and illuminating ways that reflect the racial and political tensions that consumed the country then. How?įrederick Douglass continues to be an irresistible subject for biographers because all of the nation's difficult, miraculous, unresolved creation myths seem to collapse into the single story of his life. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Frederick Douglass Subtitle Prophet of Freedom Author David W.
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