Women in the world of Frederick Douglass /

"In his extensive writings--editorials, speeches, autobiographies--Frederick Douglass revealed little about the private side of his life. His famous autobiographies were very much in the service of presenting and advocating for himself. But Douglass had a very complicated array of relationships...

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Main Author: Fought, Leigh, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "A true mother's heart"
  • Anna Murray, Mrs. Frederick Douglass, 1810-1848
  • "The cause of the slave has been peculiarly woman's cause," 1841-1847
  • "The pecuniary burdens," 1847-1853
  • "I wont have her in my house," 1848-1858
  • The woman's rights man and his daughter, 1848-1861
  • Principle and expediency, 1861-1870
  • "Her true worth," 1866-1883
  • Helen Pitts, Mrs. Frederick Douglass, 1837-1890
  • Legacies, 1891-1895
  • Epilogue : afterlife, 1895-1903.