Women in the World of Frederick Douglass

by Leigh Fought

Book Overview

In his extensive writings, Frederick Douglass revealed little about his private life. His famous autobiographies present him overcoming unimaginable trials to gain his freedom and establish his identity-all in service to his public role as an abolitionist. But in both the public and domestic spheres, Douglass relied on a complicated array of relationships with women: white and black, slave-mistresses and family, political collaborators and intellectual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199782377
• ISBN13: 9780199782376
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"