Frederick Douglass: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

188 Pages·2011·1.29 MB·English

by  C. James Trotman Ph.D.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS
A Biography
C. James Trotman
GREENWOOD BIOGRAPHIES
Copyright 2011 by C. James Trotman
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Trotman, C. James, 1943–
Frederick Douglass : a biography / C. James Trotman.
p. cm. — (Greenwood biographies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-313-35036-8 (alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-313-35037-5 (ebook)
1. Douglass, Frederick, 1818–1895. 2. Abolitionists—United States—
Biography. 3. African American abolitionists—Biography. I. Title.
E449.D75T76 2011
973.8092— dc22
[B] 2010042763
ISBN: 978-0-313-35036-8
EISBN: 978-0-313-35037-5
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CONTENTS
Series Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Timeline: Events in the Life of Frederick Douglass xxiii
Chapter 1 I Been [Re]’Buked, 1818–1826 1
Chapter 2 Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen, 1826–1838 11
Chapter 3 Amazing Grace, 1838–1847 33
Chapter 4 Steal Away, 1847–1858 59
Chapter 5 Wrestlin’ Jacob, 1859–1870 91
Chapter 6 Roll, Jordan, Roll, 1870–1895 115
Chapter 7 Climbing Jacob’s Ladder 139
Selected Bibliography 147
Index 153
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