Liberating Sojourn: Frederick Douglas and Transatlantic Reform

Author/Contributor(s):	Rice, Alan J
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	08/01/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Still in his twenties but already famous for his fiery orations and controversial autobiography, black abolitionist Frederick Douglass traveled to Great Britain in 1845 on an eighteen-month lecture and fund-raising tour. This book examines how that visit affected transatlantic reform movements and Douglass's own thinking.