Book contents
- Frederick Douglass in Context
- Frederick Douglass in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Places
- Chapter 1 Baltimore
- Chapter 2 The British Isles
- Chapter 3 Rochester
- Chapter 4 Washington, DC
- Chapter 5 Tour of Europe and Egypt
- Chapter 6 Haiti
- Part II Genres
- Part III Activism
- Part IV Philosophy
- Part V Networks
- Part VI Afterlives
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 2 - The British Isles
from Part I - Places
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2021
- Frederick Douglass in Context
- Frederick Douglass in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Places
- Chapter 1 Baltimore
- Chapter 2 The British Isles
- Chapter 3 Rochester
- Chapter 4 Washington, DC
- Chapter 5 Tour of Europe and Egypt
- Chapter 6 Haiti
- Part II Genres
- Part III Activism
- Part IV Philosophy
- Part V Networks
- Part VI Afterlives
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Frederick Douglass was perhaps the most successful African American abolitionist to traverse the Atlantic and tour the British Isles. In town halls, churches, taverns, and private parlor rooms across the country he spoke to hundreds of thousands of people, sparking a wave of transatlantic abolition that had a deep impact on the British landscape. While he only traveled to Britain and Ireland three times, the friendships and networks he created, together with his transformative experiences there, shaped, supported and sustained his public antislavery work in the United States for the rest of his life.
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- Frederick Douglass in Context , pp. 21 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021