Frederick Douglass : prophet of freedom

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Label

Frederick Douglass : prophet of freedom

Title remainder

prophet of freedom

Statement of responsibility

David W. Blight

Creator

• trueBlight, David W

Author

• trueBlight, David W

Subject

• trueAbolitionists -- United States -- Biography
• trueAntislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Biographies
• trueCivil rights
• Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
• trueEnslaved people
• trueHuman rights
• trueOratory
• truePhilosophers
• truePolitical oratory
• Slaves -- United States -- Biography
• trueThought and thinking
• trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
• trueAfrican American abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
• trueAfrican Americans -- United States -- Biography

Genre

• trueBiographies
• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

The definitive biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth 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

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueAccessible
• trueComprehensive

Award

• ALA Notable Book, 2019.
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, 2018.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2018
• Pulitzer Prize for History, 2019.

Awards note

Pulitzer Prize for History, 2019

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 973.8092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

general