Frederick Douglass : Freedom's Voice, 1818-1845.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (367 pages)
- Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series .
- Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Frederick Douglass' Maryland Plantation Education: His Discovery of Oratory -- Chapter Two: Frederick Douglass' New Bedford Experience: Oratory, Preaching, and Abolitionism, September 1838-July 1841 -- Chapter Three: The Emergence of an Orator from Slavery: Southern Slavery, Northern Prejudice, and the Church, August - Decembe -- Chapter Four: Oratory of Power and Eloquence: From Local Notoriety to Regional Prominence, January - August 1842 -- Chapter Five: Tumultuous Times: Douglass as Abolitionist Orator, Agitator, Reformer, and Optimist, August 1842 - June 1843 -- Chapter Six: The Hundred Conventions Tour of the West: Independence and Restlessness, June-December 1843 -- Chapter Seven: The Hundred Conventions Tour of Massachusetts: Torrents of Eloquence, January -May 1844 -- Chapter Eight: No Union With Slaveholders: The Proslavery Character of the United States Constitution, May-August 1844 -- Chapter Nine: Douglass the Imposter: I Am a Slave, September 1844- August 1845 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Douglass' Speaking Itinerary: 1839-1845 -- Appendix B: Frederick Douglass in Behalf of George Latimer. Lynn, Massachusetts: November 8th, 1842. -- Appendix C: No Union With Slaveholders: An Address Delivered in Boston, Massachusetts: 28 May 1844 -- Appendix D: The Progress of the Cause: An Address Delivered in Norristown, Pennsylvania: 12 August 1844 -- Bibliography -- Index.