Frederick Douglass
Subtitle: freedom's voice, 1818-1845
By: Gregory P. Lampe.
Series: Rhetoric and public affairs series
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895 -- Oratory.
Description: "This new work chronicles Frederick Douglass' preparation for a career in oratory, his emergence as an abolitionist lecturer in 1841, and his development and activities as a public speaker and reformer from 1841 to 1845. Lampe's scholarship overturns much of the conventional wisdom about this phase of Douglass' life and career, uncovering new information about his experiences as a slave and as a fugitive; it provokes a deeper and richer understanding of this renowned orator's emergence as an important voice in the crusade to end slavery." "Included in this work is a complete itinerary of Douglass' oratorical activities, correcting errors and omissions in previously published works - as well as two newly discovered complete speech texts, never before published."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-339) and index.