Frederick Douglass Bücher

»Wer Amerika verstehen will, muss dieses Buch lesen.« Barack Obama Frederick Douglass ist eine Ikone des afroamerikanischen Befreiungskampfes – mit seiner 1845 erschienenen Autobiographie, die jetzt in einer neuen Übersetzung vorliegt, wurde er schlagartig berühmt. Darin blickt er auf sein Leben in der Sklaverei zurück. Er erzählt vom Alltag der Ausgebeuteten, den Herrschaftsstrukturen auf den Plantagen und den kleinen Fluchten, die ihm das Leben als Diener einer Familie ermöglichte. Als Junge lernte er heimlich Lesen und erfuhr so immer mehr über Unterdrückung und Ausbeutung der Schwarzen. Schließlich gelang ihm die Flucht – und eine aufsehenerregende Karriere als Aktivist gegen die Sklaverei und als Politiker begann. Seine Schilderungen führen auf die Tabakplantagen Marylands und in die Häfen Baltimores. Dabei beschreibt Douglass die Brutalität der Aufseher, die Lebensumstände der Sklaven, ihre Solidarität untereinander – und nicht zuletzt seinen mühseligen Weg in die Freiheit. Ganz nebenbei entsteht das Porträt einer starken Persönlichkeit, die sich schon in jungen Jahren für Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit einsetzt – mit einer unverwechselbaren Stimme.

Frederick Douglass's historic speech delivered at the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society critiques the hypocrisy of American democracy. He powerfully questions the significance of the Fourth of July for enslaved individuals, highlighting the stark contrast between the nation's ideals and the reality of slavery. Douglass's eloquent argument serves as a profound call for justice and freedom, making it a pivotal moment in the fight against slavery.

"Edited by Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer David W. Blight, this Library of America edition is the largest single-volume selection of Frederick Douglass’s writings ever published, presenting the full texts of thirty-four speeches and sixty-seven pieces of journalism. With startling immediacy, these writings chart the evolution of Douglass’s thinking about slavery and the U.S. Constitution; his eventual break with William Lloyd Garrison and many other abolitionists on the crucial issue of disunion; the course of his complicated relationship with Abraham Lincoln; and his deep engagement with the cause of women’s suffrage. Here are such powerful works as “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” Douglass’s incandescent jeremiad skewering the hypocrisy of the slaveholding republic; “The Claims of the Negro Ethnologically Considered,” a full-throated refutation of nineteenth century racial pseudoscience; “Is it Right and Wise to Kill a Kidnapper?,” an urgent call for forceful opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act; “How to End the War,” in which Douglass advocates, just days after the fall of Fort Sumter, for the raising of Black troops and the military destruction of slavery; “There Was a Right Side in the Late War,” Douglass’s no-holds-barred attack on the “Lost Cause” mythology of the Confederacy; and “Lessons of the Hour,” an impassioned denunciation of lynching and disenfranchisement in the emerging Jim Crow South. As a special feature the volume also presents Douglass’s only foray into fiction, the 1853 novella “The Heroic Slave,” about Madison Washington, leader of the real-life insurrection on board the domestic slave-trading ship Creole in 1841 that resulted in the liberation of more than a hundred enslaved people. Editorial features include detailed notes identifying Douglass’s many scriptural and cultural references, a newly revised chronology of his life and career, and an index." -- Provided by publisher

Frederick Douglass's autobiography highlights his remarkable journey from slavery to becoming a prominent abolitionist. This hardcover edition features exquisite design elements, making it a meaningful keepsake or gift. It serves as a testament to Douglass's influential role in history and is printed in the USA, reflecting a commitment to quality.

"First published in 1892, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written By Himself is the final autobiography written by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. Securing his self-liberation at twenty years of age in 1838, he went on to become the most renowned antislavery activist, social justice campaigner, author, orator, philosopher, essayist, historian, intellectual, statesman, and liberator in U.S. history. A powerful literary work, Douglass' final autobiography shares the stories of his 'several lives in one.' This new edition examines Douglass' memorialization of his own and his mother's first-hand experiences of enslavement and of their 'mental' liberation through a 'love of letters;' his representation of Civil War Black combat heroism; his conviction that 'education means emancipation;' and finally, his 'unending battle' with white publishers for the freedom to 'tell my story.' This volume reproduces Frederick Douglass' emotionally powerful and politically hard-hitting anti-lynching speech, Lessons of the Hour, published in 1894. This edition includes explanatory notes, a revised introduction, and expanded bibliography"--

Illus. in black-and-white. Opening note by Coretta Scott King. For the first time, the most important account ever written of a childhood in slavery is accessible to young readers. From his days as a young boy on a plantation to his first months as a freeman in Massachusetts, here are Douglass's own firsthand experiences vividly recounted--expertly excerpted and powerfully illustrated.

This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume. Frederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass's own triumph over it. Like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, and in 1861 she published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognized as the most comprehensive antebellum slave narrative written by a woman. Jacobs's account broke the silence on the exploitation of African American female slaves, and it remains crucial reading. These narratives illuminate and inform each other. This edition includes an incisive Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah and extensive annotations.