{"product_id":"frederick-douglass-david-w-blight","title":"Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInitially 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this “cinematic and deeply engaging” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) 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” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Blight’s biography tells the fascinating story of Douglass’s two marriages and his complex extended family. “David Blight has written \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edefinitive biography of Frederick Douglass…a powerful portrait of one of the most important American voices of the nineteenth century” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e912 pages, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.25 x 1.8 x 9.25 inches, \u003c\/span\u003ehardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45618990285025,"sku":"9781416590323","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/files\/Screenshot2024-08-15at10.09.05PM.png?v=1723774154","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/frederick-douglass-david-w-blight","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}