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Frederick Douglass : America's prophet / D.H. Dilbeck.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]Description: 191 pages : portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781469636184
  • 1469636182
Subject(s):
Contents:
A voice crying in the wilderness of Christian slaveholding America -- The seeking slave, 1818-1838 -- God and slavery on the Eastern Shore -- Religious awakenings in Baltimore -- From the valley of shadows to freedom -- The zealous orator, 1839-1852 -- The young abolitionist orator -- Bearing witness in Great Britain -- An antislavery constitution and a righteous violence -- The hopeful prophet, 1853-1895 -- The crisis of the union -- Reconstruction battles over racial and gender equality -- At the dark dawn of Jim Crow -- Unraveling the mysteries of God's providence and progress -- Frederick Douglass is not dead!
Summary: "Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore and became an extraordinary champion of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. ... With an eye toward explaining how Douglass's religious beliefs shaped his influential public career, Dilbeck retells the story of Douglass's life"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From his enslavement to freedom, Frederick Douglass was one of America's most extraordinary champions of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. In this concise and original biography, D. H. Dilbeck offers a provocative interpretation of Douglass's life through the lens of his faith. In an era when the role of religion in public life is as contentious as ever, Dilbeck provides essential new perspective on Douglass's place in American history.



Douglass came to faith as a teenager among African American Methodists in Baltimore. For the rest of his life, he adhered to a distinctly prophetic Christianity. Imitating the ancient Hebrew prophets and Jesus Christ, Douglass boldly condemned evil and oppression, especially when committed by the powerful. Dilbeck shows how Douglass's prophetic Christianity provided purpose and unity to his wide-ranging work as an author, editor, orator, and reformer. As "America's Prophet," Douglass exposed his nation's moral failures and hypocrisies in the hopes of creating a more just society. He admonished his fellow Americans to truly abide by the political and religious ideals they professed to hold most dear. Two hundred years after his birth, Douglass's prophetic voice remains as timely as ever.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A voice crying in the wilderness of Christian slaveholding America -- The seeking slave, 1818-1838 -- God and slavery on the Eastern Shore -- Religious awakenings in Baltimore -- From the valley of shadows to freedom -- The zealous orator, 1839-1852 -- The young abolitionist orator -- Bearing witness in Great Britain -- An antislavery constitution and a righteous violence -- The hopeful prophet, 1853-1895 -- The crisis of the union -- Reconstruction battles over racial and gender equality -- At the dark dawn of Jim Crow -- Unraveling the mysteries of God's providence and progress -- Frederick Douglass is not dead!

"Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore and became an extraordinary champion of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. ... With an eye toward explaining how Douglass's religious beliefs shaped his influential public career, Dilbeck retells the story of Douglass's life"-- Provided by publisher.

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