Frederick douglass by william s mcfeely5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() McFeely analyzes Douglass's autobiographical writings, probing insightfully into the complicated psyche of this heroic figure. ![]() minister to Haiti near the end of his life. In this unhurried and beautifully crafted biography, the author presents the known facts of Douglass's stormy life and reveals the man behind the icon: his complex and ambiguous friendships with William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown and other figures of the day his gossip-stirring relationships with several dynamic white women his controversial tenure as U.S. After the Emancipation Proclamation he aggressively championed full citizenship for his fellow black Americans. A runaway slave at 20, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) won worldwide renown as a spokesman for the abolitionist cause, edited an influential antislavery weekly and helped organize black regiments during the Civil War. ![]()
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