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The Heroic Slave: A Cultural and Critical Edition
Frederick Douglass
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Description for The Heroic Slave: A Cultural and Critical Edition
Paperback. Editor(s): Kaufman-McKivigan, Prof. John R., IV; Levine, Robert S.; Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 360.
Frederick Douglass’s only work of fiction—an imaginative retelling of the most successful slave revolt in American history—accompanied by an interpretive introduction, notes, and a selection of related writings by Douglass and others
First published nearly a decade prior to the Civil War, The Heroic Slave is the only fictional work by abolitionist, orator, author, and social reformer Frederick Douglass, himself a former slave. It is inspired by the true story of Madison Washington, who, along with eighteen others, took control of the slave ship Creole in November 1841 and sailed it to Nassau in the British colony of ... Read more
Frederick Douglass’s only work of fiction—an imaginative retelling of the most successful slave revolt in American history—accompanied by an interpretive introduction, notes, and a selection of related writings by Douglass and others
First published nearly a decade prior to the Civil War, The Heroic Slave is the only fictional work by abolitionist, orator, author, and social reformer Frederick Douglass, himself a former slave. It is inspired by the true story of Madison Washington, who, along with eighteen others, took control of the slave ship Creole in November 1841 and sailed it to Nassau in the British colony of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
360g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300184624
SKU
V9780300184624
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Ref
99-41
About Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American social reformer, orator, author, and statesman. Robert S. Levine is professor of English at the University of Maryland. John Stauffer is chair of the History of American Civilization and professor of English and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. John R. McKivigan is Mary O’Brien Gibson Professor of History at Indiana ... Read more
Reviews for The Heroic Slave: A Cultural and Critical Edition
"The Heroic Slave: A Cultural and Critical Edition is simply excellent. This well-conceived, well-executed edition reveals aspects of Douglass that are often forgotten. Some of the historical documents included will be new even to specialists."—Maurice Lee, Boston University "Robert Levine, John Stauffer, and John McKivigen are careful and accomplished scholars and this book is the edition one would expect ... Read more