![]() ![]() It’s in these later years that Blight’s work really shines in fact, Douglass’ early slave life and escape only cover roughly the first 100 pages of the 760-page narrative (followed by 100 pages of notes). While many readers may be familiar with Douglass’ escape from slavery, self-education, and early life (thanks to his autobiographies), most nonscholars are not as well-versed in the details of his later life-e.g., his role in the Civil War, political campaigning, fight for suffrage, complicated family relationships, and more. American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era, 2011, etc.), a winner of the Bancroft, Abraham Lincoln, and Anisfield-Wolf prizes, ably captures his complex subject from all angles. ![]() 1818-1895) scholar Blight (American History/Yale Univ. In this superbly written book, Civil War and Frederick Douglass (c. A lengthy but easily digestible biography of the famed ex-slave, abolitionist, and autobiographer. ![]()
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