Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: 222 pages ; 18 cm
This volume compiles original source material that illustrates the complex relationship between Frederick Douglass and the city of Brooklyn. Most prominent are the speeches the abolitionist gave at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Plymouth Church, and other leading Brooklyn institutions. Whether discussing the politics of the Civil War or recounting his relationships with Abraham Lincoln and John Brown, Douglass' powerful voice sounds anything but dated. An introductory essay examines the intricate ties between Douglass and Brooklyn abolitionists, while brief chapter introductions and annotations fill in the historical context.
Contents:
Note from Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams -- Self-made men (Williamsburgh, with Walt Whitman, January 1859) -- The black man and the war (Bridge Street AME, February 1863) -- What shall be done with the negro? (Brooklyn Academy of Music, May 1863) -- Emancipation Jubilee (Bedford-Stuyvesant, August 1865) -- The assassination and its lessons (Brooklyn Academy of Music, January 1866) -- Sources of danger to the Republic (Plymouth Church, December 1866) -- John Brown's heroic character (Clinton Street Baptist Church, May 1886) -- Lincoln's Godlike nature (Crown Heights, February 1893).
Subjects:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
1800-1899
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
African American abolitionists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
HISTORY -- African American.
HISTORY -- Social History.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- American -- African American.
African American abolitionists.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Antislavery movements.
Homes.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
New York (State) -- New York.
New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
1800-1899
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
African American abolitionists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
HISTORY -- African American.
HISTORY -- Social History.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- American -- African American.
African American abolitionists.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Antislavery movements.
Homes.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
New York (State) -- New York.
New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn.
ISBN:
9781617756184
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Includes bibliographical references.