The textual reproductions of Frederick Douglass. (abolitionist)

From: CLIO | Date: September 22, 1997| Author: Anderson, Douglas | Copyright information

Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass drew on prominent caucasian cultural influences and applied them in describing his own experiences in framing his arguments against slavery. He used many references and quotations from William Shakespeare in constructing his speeches, and placed them in context of personal observations and events.

When Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison wrote introductions to the 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, t...

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