James A. Colaiaco

Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On July 5th, 1852, Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest orators of all time, delivered what was arguably the century's most powerful abolition speech. At a time of year where American freedom is celebrated across the nation, Douglass eloquently summoned the country to resolve the contradiction between slavery and the founding principles of our country. In this book, James A. Colaiaco vividly recreates the turbulent historical context of Douglass' speech and delivers a colorful portrait of the country in the turbulent years leading to the civil war. This book provides a fascinating new perspective on a critical time in American history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466892781
• Artikelnr.: 42493045

Autorenporträt

James A. Colaiaco received his Ph.D. in intellectual history from Columbia, and has for the past twenty-five years taught Great Books at New York University in the General Studies Program at NYU. Colaiaco is author of Socrates against Athens: Philosophy on Trail, Martin Luther King, Jr.: Apostle of Militant Nonviolence, and James Fitzjames Stephen and the Crisis of Victorian Thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July
Narrating America's Revolutionary Past
Denouncing America's Unjust Present
Conversion to the United States Constitution
The Ominous Future: A Nation on the Brink
The Dred Scott Decision and the American Dilemma
The United States Constitution is Anti-Slavery
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography