Tag: David W. Blight

  • David Blight has written the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass. With extraordinary detail he illuminates the complexities of Douglass’s life and career and paints a powerful portrait of one of the most important American voices of the 19th century.

  • The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.

  • Throughout modern history, the millions forced to flee as refugees and beg for asylum have felt Douglass’s agony, and thought his thoughts.

  • My Bondage and My Freedom Yale University Press 2014 (originally published in 1855 by Miller, Orton & Mulligan) 432 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Paperback ISBN: 9780300190595 Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) Introduction and Notes by David W. Blight Born into slavery in 1818, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition…